Therefore Peter was seized with fear, and forgetting the word of the Lord, which said, “Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess before My Father,” [Matt 30:32] he denied our Lord.
Wherefore there follows: “But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).