But he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 14:71 in context
Mark 14:68–72
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But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
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The maid saw him and began again to tell those who stood by, “This is one of them.”
70
But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, “You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it.”
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But he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know this man of whom you speak!”
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The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the words that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.
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