John 21

¹ After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. This is how he appeared.

² Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples were together.

³ Simon Peter said to them, “I’m going fishing.” They said to him, “We’ll go with you too.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

⁴ As day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus.

⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Children, you don’t have anything to eat, do you?” They answered him, “No.”

⁶ He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you’ll find some.” So they cast it, but they could no longer haul it in because of the number of fish.

⁷ Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around himself—for he was naked—and threw himself into the sea.

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

⁹ When they came ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish laid on it, and bread.

¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

¹¹ Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

¹² Jesus said to them, “Come and eat.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.

¹³ Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

¹⁴ This was now the third time Jesus appeared to the disciples after rising from the dead.

¹⁵ After they had eaten, 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’m fond of you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

¹⁶ He said to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” Jesus said to him, “Shepherd my sheep.”

¹⁷ He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, are you fond of me?” Peter was hurt because he had said to him the third time, “Are you fond of me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I’m fond of you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”

¹⁸ “Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go.”

¹⁹ He said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. After saying this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

²⁰ Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them—the one who had leaned back against Jesus at supper and said, “Lord, who is the one betraying you?”

²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”

²² Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You, follow me.”

²³ So this saying spread among the brothers: that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die; he said, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴ This is the disciple who testifies about these things and wrote them down, and we know that his testimony is true.

²⁵ There are many other things Jesus did as well. If each one were written down, I suppose the whole world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

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