⁵⁵ And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.

¹ Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

²⁵ But Simon Peter was still there warming himself by the fire. They said to him, Are you not one of his disciples? He said, No, I am not.

²⁶ One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden?

²⁷ Then again Peter said, No. And straight away a cock gave its cry.

¹⁶ But Peter was kept outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was a friend of the high priest, came out and had a word with the girl who kept the door, and took Peter in.

¹⁷ Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not.

¹⁸ Now the servants and the police had made a fire of coals because it was cold; they were warming themselves in front of it and Peter was there with them, warming himself.

⁴⁴ And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

⁶⁶ And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

⁶⁷ And seeing Peter warming himself by the fire, she gave him a look, and said, You were with this Nazarene, even Jesus.

⁶⁸ But he said, I have no knowledge of him, or of what you are saying: and he went out into the doorway; and there came the cry of a cock.

⁶⁹ And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

⁷⁰ But again he said it was not so. And after a little time, again those who were near said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean.

⁷¹ But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

⁷² And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

⁶⁹ Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

⁷⁰ But he said before them all that it was false, saying, I have no knowledge of what you say.

⁷¹ And when he had gone out into the doorway, another saw him and says to those who were there, This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.

⁷² And again he said with an oath, I have no knowledge of the man.

⁷³ And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

⁷⁴ Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

⁷⁵ And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

³ Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

⁶ Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

³ Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

⁴ I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

⁵ I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

¹⁵ And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?

¹⁶ And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

¹⁷ For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,