John 21:1–14

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21After this Jesus ^brevealed himself ^cagain to the disciples by ^dthe Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ²Simon Peter, ^eThomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ^fCana in Galilee, ^gthe sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. ³Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ^hthat night they caught nothing.

⁴Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ⁱdid not know that it was Jesus. ^5jJesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ^6kHe said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷That disciple ^lwhom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ^mhe put on his outer garment, for he was ⁿstripped for work, and ^othrew himself into the sea. ⁸The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards¹ off.

⁹When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, ^p“Come and ^qhave breakfast.” Now ^rnone of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came and ^stook the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ^14tThis was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.