72 And again he denied it with an oath,(A) “I don’t know the man!”

73 After a little while those standing there approached and said to Peter, “You certainly are one of them, since even your accent[a] gives you away.”

74 Then he started to curse[b] and to swear with an oath, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:73 Or speech
  2. Matthew 26:74 To call down curses on himself if what he said weren’t true

72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

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