耶穌說：「彼得，我告訴你，今日雞還沒有叫，你要三次說不認得我。」 ……有一個使女看見彼得坐在火光裏，就定睛看他，說：「這個人素來也是同那人一夥的。」 彼得卻不承認，說：「女子，我不認得他。」 過了不多的時候，又有一個人看見他，說：「你也是他們一黨的。」彼得說：「你這個人！我不是。」 約過了一小時，又有一個人極力地說：「他實在是同那人一夥的，因為他也是加利利人。」 彼得說：「你這個人！我不曉得你說的是甚麼！」正說話之間，雞就叫了。 主轉過身來看彼得，彼得便想起主對他所說的話：「今日雞叫以先，你要三次不認我。」 他就出去痛哭。
路加福音 22:34, 56-62
Jesus said to him, ‘I tell you this, Peter. Very soon, you will say that you do not know me. You will say that three times before the cockerel sings early tomorrow morning.’ ……A girl who worked there then saw Peter in the light from the fire. She looked carefully at him and she said, ‘This man also was a friend of Jesus.’ Peter replied, ‘Woman, that is not true! I do not even know him.’ After a short time, someone else looked at him. ‘You also are one of their group,’ he said. Peter replied, ‘Man, I am not one of them.’ After about an hour, another man said, ‘I am sure that this man was a friend of Jesus. He also is from Galilee.’ Peter replied, ‘Man, I do not know what you are talking about.’ While Peter was still speaking, a cockerel sang loudly. Then the Lord Jesus turned round and he looked at Peter. Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: ‘You will say tonight that you do not know me. You will say it three times before the cockerel sings in the morning.’ Then Peter went out of the yard and he wept a lot. Luke 22:34, 56-62