Matthew 26:63–75

⁶³But Jesus remained silent.^o

The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath^p by the living God:^q Tell us if you are the Messiah,^r the Son of God.”^s

⁶⁴“You have said so,”^t Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One^u and coming on the clouds of heaven.”^ev

⁶⁵Then the high priest tore his clothes^w and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. ⁶⁶What do you think?”

“He is worthy of death,”^x they answered.

⁶⁷Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.^y Others slapped him ⁶⁸and said, “Prophesy to us, Messiah. Who hit you?”^z

Peter Disowns Jesus

26:69–75pp—Mk 14:66–72; Lk 22:55–62; Jn 18:16–18,25–27

⁶⁹Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said.

⁷⁰But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.

⁷¹Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷²He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”

⁷³After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”

⁷⁴Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”

Immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”^a And he went outside and wept bitterly.