Matthew 26:74
At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.
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- Matt 10:28 : 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Acts 23:12-14 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
- 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come!
- Rev 3:19 : 19 All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!
- Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed– cut off from Christ– for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
- Judg 17:2 : 2 He said to his mother,“You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said,“May the LORD reward you, my son!”
- Judg 21:18 : 18 But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’
- 1 Sam 14:24-28 : 24 Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath:“Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything. 25 Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed. 28 Then someone from the army informed him,“Your father put the army under a strict oath saying,‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”
- Matt 10:32-33 : 32 “Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.
- Matt 27:25 : 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
- 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 14:68 : 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.
- Mark 14:71-72 : 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 22:60 : 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.
- John 18:27 : 27 Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
- John 21:15-17 : 15 Peter’s Restoration Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.” 16 Jesus said a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Shepherd my sheep.” 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.
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54 Jesus’ Condemnation and Peter’s Denials Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.
55 When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
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.
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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!”
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.
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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.
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32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 But Peter said to him,“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”
34 Jesus replied,“I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me.”
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32 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
33 Peter said to him,“If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!”
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