Peter denies Jesus Three Times

	PETER DENIES JESUS THREE TIMES
344	Matt 26	344	Mark 14	337	Luke 22
69	Now Peter was sitting	66	And as Peter was below
	outside in the courtyard.		in the courtyard,
	And a maid came up to him,		one of the maids	56	Then a maid,
			of the high priest <comes>;
		67	and seeing Peter		seeing him
			warming himself,		as he sat in the light
			she looked at him,		and gazing at him,
	<saying>,		and <says>		said,
	"You also were		"You also were		"This man also was
	with Jesus the Galilean."		with the Nazarene, Jesus."		with him."
70	But he denied it	68	But he denied it,	57	But he denied it,
	before them all,
	saying,		saying,		saying,
					"Woman,
	"I do not know		"I neither know		I do not know
			nor understand		him."
	what you mean."		what you mean."
71	And when he went out		And he went out	58	And a little later
	to the porch,		into the gateway
		**	[and a cock crowed].
	another maid saw him,	69	And the maid saw him,		some one else saw him,
	and she <says>		and began again to say		and said,
	to <those there>		to the bystanders,
	"This man was with		"This man is one of them."		"You also are one of them."
	Jesus of Nazareth."
72	And again he denied it	70	But again he denied it.		But Peter said,
	with an oath,
	"I do not know the man."				"Man, I am not."
73	After a little while		And after a little while again	59	And after an interval
					of about an hour
	the bystanders came up		the bystanders		still another insisted,
	and said to Peter,		<would say> to Peter,		saying,
	"<Truly>		"<Truly>		In truth,
	you are also one of them,		you are one of them;		this man also was with him;
	for your accent betrays you."		for you are a Galilean."		for he is a Galilean."
74	Then he began to invoke	71	But he began to invoke	60	But Peter
	a curse on himself		a curse on himself
	and to swear,		and to swear,		said, "Man,
	"I do not know		"I do not know		I do not know
	the man."		this man of whom you speak."		what you are saying."
	And immediately	72	And immediately		And <right away>,
					while he was still speaking,
	the cock crowed.		the cock crowed		the cock crowed.
			a second time.
				61	And the Lord turned
					and looked at Peter.
75	And Peter remembered		And Peter remembered		And Peter remembered
					the word of the Lord,
	the saying of Jesus,		how Jesus had said to him,		how he had said to him,
	"Before the cock crows,		"Before the cock crows twice		"Before the cock crows today
	you will deny me three times."		you will deny me three times."		you will deny me three times."
	And he went out		And he broke down	62	And he went out
	and wept bitterly.		and wept.		and wept bitterly.

**Note: Most mss. include this reference to a first cockcrow in Mark 14:68
but it is omitted by a few important 4th c. codices (Sinaiticus, Vaticanus & the Freer Gospels).

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
<says>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
337	Sequence in synoptic outlines