John 21

¹After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way.

²There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas who is called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

³Simon Peter says to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They say to him, ‘We also are coming with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

⁴Now when morning had already come, Jesus stood on the shore; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

⁵Jesus therefore says to them, ‘Children, you do not have any fish, do you?’ They answered him, ‘No.’

⁶And he said to them: Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some. So they cast it, and they were no longer able to haul it in for the multitude of fish.

⁷So that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the Lord. So Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, girded his outer garment around himself, for he was stripped, and threw himself into the sea.

⁸But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, only about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net full of fish.

⁹So when they got out onto the land, they see a charcoal fire laid there, and fish lying on it, and bread.

¹⁰Jesus says to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you caught just now.’

¹¹So Simon Peter went up and drew the net to the land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

¹²Jesus says to them, ‘Come, have breakfast.’ But none of the disciples dared to ask him, ‘Who are you?’ — knowing that it was the Lord.

¹³Jesus comes, then, and takes the bread and gives it to them, and the fish likewise.

¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples, after he had been raised from the dead.

¹⁵So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He says to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you yourself know that I love you.’ He says to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’

¹⁶He says to him again, a second time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ He says to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you yourself know that I love you.’ He says to him, ‘Shepherd my sheep.’

¹⁷He says 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 says to him, ‘Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.’ Jesus says to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’

¹⁸Truly, truly I say to you, when you were younger, you would gird yourself and walk about where you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.

¹⁹Now this he said signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And having said this, he says to him, ‘Follow me.’

²⁰Peter, turning, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following — the one who also had leaned back on his breast at the supper and said, ‘Lord, who is it who is betraying you?’

²¹So when Peter saw him, he says to Jesus, ‘Lord, but what about this man?’

²²Jesus says to him, ‘If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.’

²³So this saying went out among the brothers, that that disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, ‘If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?’

²⁴This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

²⁵Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written down one by one, I suppose that not even the world itself would have room for the books that would be written. Amen.