New Testament · Gospels and Acts

John chapter 21

After all this, Jesus again to the students by the . Here’s how it happened:Simon Peter, Thomas (called “”), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two other students were all together.Simon Peter said to them, “.” They said, “We’ll come with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that whole night they caught nothing.Just as , Jesus stood on the shore — but the students didn’t realize it was him.Jesus called out to them, “, you haven’t caught any fish, have you?” They answered, “No.”He told them, “Throw your net on the of the boat and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they couldn’t haul it in because there were so many fish.Then said to Peter, “It’s !” As soon as Simon Peter heard it was the Master, he threw on his — he’d stripped it off for work — and jumped into the sea.The other students followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish — they weren’t far from shore, only about out.When they stepped onto shore, they saw a there with fish on it, and some bread.Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”Simon Peter climbed aboard and hauled the net to shore. It was full of large fish — of them — and even with that many, .Jesus said to them, “.” None of the students dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Master.Jesus came over, took the bread, and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.This was now the third time Jesus showed himself to the students after he was .After they’d eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John — do you me ?” Peter said to him, “Yes, Master, you know I .” Jesus said, “Feed my .”Jesus asked him a second time, “Simon, son of John — do you me?” Peter said to him, “Yes, Master, you know I .” Jesus said, “ my .”Jesus asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John — do you ?” Peter that Jesus asked him a third time, “Do you care about me?” He said, “Master, you know everything. You know I care about you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.”“: when you were young, you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted. But when you’re old, you’ll , and someone else will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go.”He said this to indicate what kind of death Peter would use to . Then he said to him, “.”Peter turned around and saw the student Jesus loved following them — the one who had and asked, “Master, who’s going to ?”When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, “Master, what about him?”Jesus said to him, “If I want him to until I , what’s that to you? .”So the word spread among the that this student wouldn’t die. But Jesus didn’t actually say he wouldn’t die — he said, “If I want him to stay until I come back, what’s that to you?”This is the student who is about these things and who . And that his testimony is true.There’s so much more Jesus did. If every bit of it were written down, all the books that would be written.