Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

Did the rooster crow before or after Peter's denial and how many times did it crow?

Matthew 26:34, 75, " 'I tell you the truth,' Jesus answered, 'this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.' ...Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: 'Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.' And he went outside and wept bitterly."

Mark 14:30, 72, " 'I tell you the truth,' Jesus answered, 'today -- yes, tonight -- before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.' ...Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: 'Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.' "

Luke 22:34, 61, "Jesus answered, 'I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.' ...The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: 'Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.' "

John 13:38, 18:27, "Then Jesus answered, 'Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!' ...Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow."

All four of the gospels agree that Peter disowned Jesus three times during his trial before the rooster crowed, however, Mark reports that it wasn't until after the rooster crowed a second time that Peter realized what he had done.

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)