Mark 14:72 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Immediately the rooster crowed for the second time and Peter was reminded of the words of Jesus, who had said to him, “You will deny [knowing] me three times before the rooster crows twice.” And as he thought about this, he cried.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And at once for the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered how Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will utterly deny Me [disclaiming all connection with Me] three times. And having put his thought upon it [and remembering], he broke down and wept aloud and lamented.

American Standard Version (1901)

And straightway the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word, how that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

Common English Bible

At that very moment, a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered what Jesus told him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down, sobbing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And immediately the rooster crowed again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he began to weep.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And immediately the cock crew again. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said unto him: Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me. And he began to weep.

Mark 14:72 Cross References

Matthew 26:34

Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, this [very] night, before the rooster crows, you will deny [knowing] me three times.”

Mark 14:30

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today, in fact this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny [knowing] me three times.”

Mark 14:68

But he denied it, saying, “I do not know or understand what you are talking about.” Then he went out onto the porch and the rooster crowed.

Mark 14:71

Then Peter began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know this man you are talking about.”

Luke 22:60

But then Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Just then, as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.

Luke 22:62

Then Peter went out and cried bitterly.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sorrow that God desires produces repentance [i.e., a change of heart and life] that leads to salvation, and which brings no regrets. But the sorrow of the world [i.e., sorrow for wrongdoing for reasons unrelated to God or moral principles] produces [spiritual] death.