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