Peter swore,“ A curse on me if I’m lying— I don’t know the man!” And immediately the rooster crowed.

彼得就发咒起誓地说：“我不认得那个人。”立时，鸡就叫了。

彼得就赌咒发誓说：“我不认得那个人。”立刻鸡就叫了。

彼得就赌咒发誓说：“我不认得那个人。”立刻鸡就叫了。

彼得又赌咒又发誓，说：“我不认识那个人！”就在这时候，鸡叫了。

彼得就发咒起誓说：“我不认识那一个人。”立刻鸡就叫了。

彼得就开始赌咒并起誓说：“我不认识那个人！”立时，鸡就叫了。

彼得就發咒起誓地說：「我不認得那個人。」立時，雞就叫了。

彼得就賭咒發誓說：「我不認得那個人。」立刻雞就叫了。

彼得就賭咒發誓說：「我不認得那個人。」立刻雞就叫了。

彼得又賭咒又發誓，說：「我不認識那個人！」就在這時候，雞叫了。

彼得就發咒起誓說：“我不認識那一個人。”立刻雞就叫了。

這時彼得就極力咒詛自己並且起誓說：『我不認識那個人。』立刻地雞就叫了。

彼得就開始賭咒並起誓說：「我不認識那個人！」立時，雞就叫了。

彼得詛且誓曰、我不識其人也、鷄即鳴、

彼得詛且誓曰、我不識其人也、鷄即鳴、

彼得遂詛且誓曰、我不識其人、即時鷄鳴、

伯鐸祿且咒且誓曰：『吾實不識其人。』雞即鳴矣。

Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them,“ I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

Then Peter began to curse and said to them,“ I don’t know the man!” Right away a rooster crowed.

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear,“ I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath,“ I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed,

Then he began to curse and swear,“ I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Then he began to curse and swear, saying,“ I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

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

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

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

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

Then he began to curse and to swear,“ I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.They went to the leading priests and elders and told them,“ We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come!

“ Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God’s curse.”

Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.

for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed— cut off from Christ!— if that would save them.

“ Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter replied,“ you know I love you.”“ Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.Jesus repeated the question:“ Simon son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter said,“ you know I love you.”“ Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.A third time he asked him,“ Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Then feed my sheep.

Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying,“ Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening— before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.They didn’t dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.But Jonathan had not heard his father’s command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.But one of the men saw him and said,“ Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”

Jesus replied,“ I tell you the truth, Peter— this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.”

And all the people yelled back,“ We will take responsibility for his death— we and our children!”

But Peter said,“ Man, I don’t know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

One day he said to his mother,“ I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”“ The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

Peter swore,“ A curse on me if I’m lying— I don’t know this man you’re talking about!”And immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Suddenly, Jesus’ words flashed through Peter’s mind:“ Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny three times that you even know me.” And he broke down and wept.

But Peter denied it.“ I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, and he went out into the entryway. Just then, a rooster crowed.