“I'm telling you the truth,” Jesus told him, “This very night, before the cock crows, you'll deny me three times.”
But Peter objected, “Even if everyone else abandons you, I'll never abandon you.”
Then Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the cock crows, three times you will deny knowing me.” He went outside and wept bitterly.
Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he realized what he'd done, he burst into tears.
Jesus replied, “I'm telling you, Peter, before the cock crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
And Peter remembered what the Lord had said, how he'd told him: “Before the cock crows today, you'll deny me three times.”
“Are you really ready to die for me? I tell you the truth: before the cock crows you will deny me three times,” Jesus replied.