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Matthew 26:31-35; 69-75 NIV
31
Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on
account of me, for it is written: " 'I will strike the shepherd, and
the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
32
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
33 Peter replied, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I
never will."
34 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "this very night,
before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times."
35 But Peter declared, "Even if I have to die with you, I will
never disown you." And all the other disciples said the same.
69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant
girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.
70 But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're
talking about," he said.
71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him
and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of
Nazareth."
72 He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!"
73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter
and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you
away."
74 Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore
to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.
75
Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster
crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept
bitterly.
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