John 21:15–25

Christ Speaks to Peter

¹⁵So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of ²Jonah, do you love Me more than these?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ³love You.”

He said to him, ^l“Feed My lambs.”

¹⁶He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of ⁴Jonah, do you love Me?”

He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I ⁵love You.”

^mHe said to him, “Tend My ⁿsheep.”

¹⁷He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of ⁶Jonah, do you ⁷love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”

And he said to Him, “Lord, ^oYou know all things; You know that I love You.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. ^18pMost assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” ¹⁹This He spoke, signifying ^qby what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, ^r“Follow Me.”

²⁰Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple ^swhom Jesus loved following, ^twho also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” ²¹Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?”

²²Jesus said to him, “If I ⁸will that he remain ^utill I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.”

²³Then this saying went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”

The Conclusion of John’s Gospel

²⁴This is the disciple who ^vtestifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

^25wAnd there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, ^xI suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.