But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
In those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel:
But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”
And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.