John 21:1–14

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

21Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples,^a by the Sea of Galilee.^ab It happened this way: ²Simon Peter, Thomas^c (also known as Didymus^b), Nathanael^d from Cana in Galilee,^e the sons of Zebedee,^f and two other disciples were together. ³“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.^g

⁴Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.^h

⁵He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

⁶He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.ⁱ

⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved^j said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. ⁸The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.^{c 9}When they landed, they saw a fire^k of burning coals there with fish on it,^l and some bread.

¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.^{m 14}This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciplesⁿ after he was raised from the dead.