isv John:21:15-25
isv@John:21:15 @ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.”
isv@John:21:16 @ Then he said to him a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”Jesus told him,“Take care of my sheep.”
isv@John:21:17 @ He said to him a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”Peter was deeply hurt that he had said to him a third time,“Do you love me?”So he said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!”Jesus told him,“Feed my sheep.
isv@John:21:18 @ “Truly, truly I tell you, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go.”
isv@John:21:19 @ Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God.After saying this, he told him,“Keep following me.”
isv@John:21:20 @ Peter turned around and noticed the disciple whom Jesus kept loving following them. He was the one who had put his head on Jesus’ chest at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?”
isv@John:21:21 @ When Peter saw him, he said, “Lord, what about him?”
isv@John:21:22 @ Jesus said to him,“If it is my will for him to remain until I come, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!”
isv@John:21:23 @ So the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple wasn't going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wasn't going to die, but,“If it is my will for him to remain until I come, how does that concern you?”
isv@John:21:24 @ This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them down. We know that his testimony is true.
isv@John:21:25 @ Of course, Jesus also did many other things, and I suppose that if every one of them were written down the world couldn't contain the books that would be written.