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it was the Lord, he put on his tunic (for he had
stripped for work), jumped into the water, and
headed to shore. 8 The others stayed with the
boat and pulled the loaded net to the shore,
for they were only about a hundred yards*
from shore. 9 When they got there, they found
breakfast waiting for them—fish cooking over
a charcoal fire, and some bread.
10 “Bring some of the fish you’ve just
caught,” Jesus said. 11 So Simon Peter went
aboard and dragged the net to the shore.
There were 153 large fish, and yet the net
hadn’t torn.
12 “Now come and have some breakfast!”
Jesus said. None of the disciples dared to ask
him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the
Lord. 13 Then Jesus served them the bread and
the fish. 14 This was the third time Jesus had
appeared to his disciples since he had been
raised from the dead.
15After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,
“Simon son of John, do you love me more
than these?*”
“Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love
you.”
“Then feed my lambs,” J esus told him.
16 Jesus repeated the question: “Simon son
of John, do you love me?”
“Yes, Lord,” Peter said, “you know I love
you.”
“Then take care of my sheep,” J esus said.
17A third time he asked him, “Simon son of
John, do you love me?”
J ohn 21
Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know
everything. You know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.
18 “I tell you the truth, when you were
young, you were able to do as you liked;
you dressed yourself and went wherever you
wanted to go. But when you are old, you will
stretch out your hands, and others* will dress
you and take you where you don’t want to go.”
19 Jesus said this to let him know by what kind
of death he would glorify God. Then Jesus told
him, “Follow me.”
20 Pe
ter turned around and saw behind
them the disciple Jesus loved—the one who
had leaned over to Jesus during supper and
asked, “Lord, who will betray you?” 21 Peter
asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”
22
Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain
alive until I return, what is that to you? As
for you, follow me.” 23 So the rumor spread
among the community of believers* that this
disciple wouldn’t die. But that isn’t what J esus
said at all. He only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”
24 This disciple is the one who testifies to
these events and has recorded them here. And
we know that his account of these things is
accurate.
25 Jesus also did many other things. If they
were all written down, I suppose the whole
world could not contain the books that would
be written.
1:8 Greek 200 cubits [90 meters]. 21:15 Or more than these others do?
2
21:18 Some manuscripts read and another one.
21:23 Greek the brothers.
