Matthew 26:74

The Message

Then he got really nervous and swore. “I don’t know the man!” Just then a rooster crowed. Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and cried and cried and cried.

Cross References

Matthew 10:28

“Don’t be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands.

Matthew 26:34

“Don’t be so sure,” Jesus said. “This very night, before the rooster crows up the dawn, you will deny me three times.”

Matthew 26:73

Shortly after that, some bystanders approached Peter. “You’ve got to be one of them. Your accent gives you away.”

Matthew 27:25

The crowd answered, “We’ll take the blame, we and our children after us.”

Mark 14:30

Jesus said, “Don’t be so sure. Today, this very night in fact, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

Mark 14:68

He denied it: “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He went out on the porch. A rooster crowed.

Luke 22:60

Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” At that very moment, the last word hardly off his lips, a rooster crowed. Just then, the Master turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered what the Master had said to him: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and cried and cried and cried.

John 18:27

Again, Peter denied it. Just then a rooster crowed.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone won’t love the Master, throw him out. Make room for the Master!

Revelation 3:19

“The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they’ll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!