Matthew 26:72
Again he denied it with an oath, "I don't know the man."
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- Exod 20:7 : 7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
- Isa 48:1 : 1 "Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
- Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. 4 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Armies, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
- Zech 8:17 : 17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.
- Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.
- Matt 5:34-36 : 34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
- Matt 26:74 : 74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.
- Luke 22:34 : 34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
- Acts 5:3-4 : 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 While you kept it, didn't it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn't it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven't lied to men, but to God."
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- Matt 26:69-713 verses91%
69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
71 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."
- Luke 22:54-629 verses88%
54 They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.
55 When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
56 A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
57 He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
58 After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
59 After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
60 But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
61 The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
62 He went out, and wept bitterly.
- Mark 14:66-727 verses86%
66 As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch, and the rooster crowed.
69 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."
71 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"
72 The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.
- Matt 26:73-753 verses85%
73 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."
74 Then he began to curse and to swear, "I don't know the man!" Immediately the rooster crowed.
75 Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.
- John 18:25-273 verses81%
25 Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
27 Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
- Luke 22:33-342 verses81%
33 He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
34 He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
- Matt 26:32-354 verses80%
32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
33 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
35 Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
- Mark 14:29-313 verses78%
29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."
30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing.
- John 13:37-382 verses75%
37 Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."
38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me three times.
- John 18:15-173 verses75%
15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;
16 but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17 Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
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12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
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33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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58 But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.
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6 For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.
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9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
- Matt 26:61-622 verses68%
61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
62 The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"
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20 He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."
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22 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
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44 He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
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30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.