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After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tibe '
ri-as ;
and he revealed himself in this way .
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Simon Peter ,
Thomas called the Twin ,
Nathan '
a-el of Cana in Galilee ,
the sons of Zeb '
edee ,
and two others of his disciples were together .
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Simon Peter said to them , "
I am going fishing ."
They said to him , "
We will go with you ."
They went out and got into the boat ;
but that night they caught nothing .
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Just as day was breaking ,
Jesus stood on the beach ;
yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus .
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Jesus said to them , "
Children ,
have you any fish ?"
They answered him , "
No ."
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He said to them , "
Cast the net on the right side of the boat ,
and you will find some ."
So they cast it ,
and now they were not able to haul it in ,
for the quantity of fish .
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That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter , "
It is the Lord !"
When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord ,
he put on his clothes ,
for he was stripped for work ,
and sprang into the sea .
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But the other disciples came in the boat ,
dragging the net full of fish ,
for they were not far from the land ,
but about a hundred yards off .
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When they got out on land ,
they saw a charcoal fire there ,
with fish lying on it ,
and bread .
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Jesus said to them , "
Bring some of the fish that you have just caught ."
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So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore ,
full of large fish ,
a hundred and fifty-three of them ;
and although there were so many ,
the net was not torn .
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Jesus said to them , "
Come and have breakfast ."
Now none of the disciples dared ask him , "
Who are you ?"
They knew it was the Lord .
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Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them ,
and so with the fish .
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This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead .
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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 ."
He said to him , "
Feed my lambs ."
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A second time he said to him , "
Simon ,
son of John ,
do you love me ?"
He said to him , "
Yes ,
Lord ;
you know that I love you ."
He said to him , "
Tend my sheep ."
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He said to him the third time , "
Simon ,
son of John ,
do you love me ?"
Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time , "
Do you love me ?"
And he said to him , "
Lord ,
you know everything ;
you know that I love you ."
Jesus said to him , "
Feed my sheep .
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Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
when you were young ,
you girded yourself and walked where you would ;
but when you are old ,
you will stretch out your hands ,
and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go ."
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This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God .)
And after this he said to him , "
Follow me ."
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Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved ,
who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said , "
Lord ,
who is it that is going to betray you ?"
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When Peter saw him ,
he said to Jesus , "
Lord ,
what about this man ?"
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Jesus said to him , "
If it is my will that he remain until I come ,
what is that to you ?
Follow me !"
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The saying spread abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die ;
yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die ,
but , "
If it is my will that he remain until I come ,
what is that to you ?"
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This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things ,
and who has written these things ;
and we know that his testimony is true .
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But there are also many other things which Jesus did ;
were every one of them to be written ,
I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written .