Peter felt sad because Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” So Peter said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.”

Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep. ¹⁸I can guarantee this truth: When you were young, you would get ready to go where you wanted. But when you’re old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will get you ready to take you where you don’t want to go.” ¹⁹Jesus said this to show by what kind of death Peter would bring glory to God. After saying this, Jesus told Peter, “Follow me!”

²⁰Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved. That disciple was following them. He was the one who leaned against Jesus’ chest at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?” ²¹When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”

²²Jesus said to Peter, “If I want him to live until I come again, how does that concern you? Follow me!” ²³So a rumor that that disciple wouldn’t die spread among Jesus’ followers. But Jesus didn’t say that he wouldn’t die. What Jesus said was, “If I want him to live until I come again, how does that concern you?”

²⁴This disciple was an eyewitness of these things and wrote them down. We know that what he says is true.

²⁵Jesus also did many other things. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the world wouldn’t have enough room for the books that would be written.

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John 21:22: Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”