John 21:15–19

Peter’s Restoration and Commission

15 So when they had afinished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you 1blove Me more than these?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I 2love You.” He *said to him, “Tend cMy lambs.”

16 He *said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you 1love Me?” He *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I 2love You.” He *said to him, “aShepherd My sheep.”

17 He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you 1love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him athe third time, “Do you 2love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, bYou know all things; You know that I 3love You.” Jesus *said to him, “cTend My sheep.

18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go.”

19 Now this He said, asignifying by bwhat kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, “cFollow Me!”