But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 26:70 in context
Matthew 26:67–73
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Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
68
saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
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Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, “You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!”
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But he denied it before them all, saying, “I don’t know what you are talking about.”
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When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him and said to those who were there, “This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72
Again he denied it with an oath, “I don’t know the man.”
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After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
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