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 \v 70 But he denied it again. After a little while, those who were standing there said to Peter again, "You also are from Galilee. So it is certain that you are one of those who accompanied Jesus!"
 
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-\v 71 But he began to say that God could punish him if he was not telling the truth; he said, "I do not know the man that you are talking about!"
+\v 71 But he began to say that God could punish him if he were not telling the truth; he said, "I do not know the man that you are talking about!"
 \v 72 Immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him earlier: "Before the rooster crows a second time, you will deny three times that you know me." When he realized that he had denied him three times, he started crying.