Matthew 26:72

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.

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  • Exod 20:7 : 7 You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord
  • Isa 48:1 : 1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment. 4 And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
  • Zech 8:17 : 17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 5:34-36 : 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; 35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. 36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
  • Matt 26:74 : 74 Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.
  • Luke 22:34 : 34 And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.
  • Acts 5:3-4 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.

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    69Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

    70But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

    71And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.

  • Luke 22:54-62
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    54And they made him a prisoner and took him away to the house of the high priest. But Peter went after them at a distance.

    55And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

    56And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

    57But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no knowledge of him.

    58And after a little time, another saw him and said, You are one of them; and he said, Man, I am not.

    59And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.

    60And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

    61And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

    62And he went out, weeping bitterly.

  • Mark 14:66-72
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    66And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

    67And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.

    68But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

    69And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

    70But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

    71But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

    72And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

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    73And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

    74Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

    75And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

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    37Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.

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