¹⁶ Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”^(A)

⁶⁹ We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^(A)

⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself,^(A) she looked closely at him.

“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,”^(B) she said.

⁶⁸ But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,”^(C) he said, and went out into the entryway.^[a]

⁶⁹ When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.” ⁷⁰ Again he denied it.^(D)

After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”^(E)

⁷¹ He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”^(F)