Bible Verses About Peter

As he walked beside Lake Kinneret, he saw Shim`on and Andrew, Shim`on's brother, casting a net into the lake; for they were fishermen.

Yeshua said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you into fishers for men!"

At once they left their nets and followed him.

They left the synagogue and went with Ya`akov and Yochanan to the home of Shim`on and Andrew.

Shim`on's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told Yeshua about her.

But Shim`on and those with him went after him;

and when they found him, they said, "Everybody is looking for you."

Shim`on, to whom he gave another name, "Kefa";

"But you," he asked, "who do you say I am?" Kefa answered, "You are the Mashiach."

Kefa remembered and said to Yeshua, "Rabbi! Look! The fig tree that you cursed has dried up!"

Kefa said to him, "Even if everyone else loses faith in you, I won't."

Yeshua replied, "Yes! I tell you that this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will disown me three times!"

But Kefa kept insisting, "Even if I must die with you, I will never disown you!" And they all said the same thing.

but one of the people standing nearby drew his sword and struck at the servant of the cohen hagadol, cutting off his ear.

Kefa followed him at a distance right into the courtyard of the cohen hagadol, where he sat down with the guards and warmed himself by the fire.

Meanwhile, Kefa was still in the courtyard below. One of the serving girls of the cohen hagadol

saw Kefa warming himself, took a look at him, and said, "You were with the man from Natzeret, Yeshua!"

But he denied it, saying, "I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about!" He went outside into the entryway, and a rooster crowed.

The girl saw him there and started telling the bystanders, "This fellow is one of them."

Again he denied it. A little later, the bystanders themselves said to Kefa, "You must be one of them, because you're from the Galil."

At this he began to invoke a curse on himself as he swore, "I do not know this man you are telling me about!" --

and immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Kefa remembered what Yeshua had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will disown me three times." And throwing himself down, he burst into tears.

But go and tell his talmidim, especially Kefa, that he is going to the Galil ahead of you. You will see him there, just as he told you."

Leaving the synagogue, he went to Shim`on's house. Shim`on's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him to do something for her.

One day, as Yeshua was standing on the shore of Lake Kinneret, with the people pressing in around him in order to hear the word of God,