John 13:38

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Jesus answered,“Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

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  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
  • Mark 14:30 : 30 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today– this very night– before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”
  • Mark 14:66-72 : 66 Peter’s Denials Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls came by. 67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said,“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.” 68 But he denied it:“I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed. 69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders,“This man is one of them.” 70 But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter,“You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.” 71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know this man you are talking about!” 72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him:“Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
  • Luke 22:34 : 34 Jesus replied,“I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”
  • Luke 22:56-62 : 56 Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said,“This man was with him too!” 57 But Peter denied it:“Woman, I don’t know him!” 58 Then a little later someone else saw him and said,“You are one of them too.” But Peter said,“Man, I am not!” 59 And after about an hour still another insisted,“Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.” 60 But Peter said,“Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,“Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
  • John 18:16-17 : 16 But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside. 17 The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter,“You’re not one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” He replied,“I am not.”
  • John 18:25-27 : 25 Peter’s Second and Third Denials Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him,“You aren’t one of his disciples too, are you?” Peter denied it:“I am not!” 26 One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said,“Did I not see you in the orchard with him?” 27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.
  • Prov 28:26 : 26 The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
  • Matt 26:34 : 34 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Peter’s Denials Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said,“You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it in front of them all:“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” 71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there,“This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.” 72 He denied it again with an oath,“I do not know the man!” 73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said,“You really are one of them too– even your accent gives you away!” 74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said:“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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    32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

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    35 Peter said to him,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

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    28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

    29 Peter said to him,“Even if they all fall away, I will not!”

    30 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, today– this very night– before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

    31 But Peter insisted emphatically,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.

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    57 But Peter denied it:“Woman, I don’t know him!”

    58 Then a little later someone else saw him and said,“You are one of them too.” But Peter said,“Man, I am not!”

    59 And after about an hour still another insisted,“Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.”

    60 But Peter said,“Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

    61 Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him,“Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”

    62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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    67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said,“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus.”

    68 But he denied it:“I don’t even understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

    69 When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders,“This man is one of them.”

    70 But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter,“You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean.”

    71 Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know this man you are talking about!”

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    72 He denied it again with an oath,“I do not know the man!”

    73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said,“You really are one of them too– even your accent gives you away!”

    74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.

    75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said:“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

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