John 21:17–23

¹⁷He ^*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.”

¹⁹Now 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!”

Jesus’ Command to Follow Him

²⁰Peter, turning around, ^*saw the ^adisciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had ^bleaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”

²¹So Peter seeing him ^*said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”

²²Jesus ^*said to him, “If I want him to remain ^auntil I come, what is that to you? You ^bfollow Me!”

²³Therefore this saying went out among ^athe brothers that this disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain ^buntil I come, what is that to you?”