John 21

¹Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made [Himself] known in this way:

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

³Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.”“We will go with you,” they said. [So] they went out and got into the boat, [but] caught nothing that night.

⁴Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples {did} not recognize that it was Jesus.

⁵So [He] called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish? “No,” they answered.

⁶He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find [some]. So they cast [it there], and they were unable to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

⁷Then [the] disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on [his] outer garment (for he had removed it... ) and jumped into the sea.

⁸The other disciples came [ashore] in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.

⁹When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there [with] fish on it, and [some] bread.

¹⁰Jesus told them, “Bring [some] of the fish you have just caught.

¹¹So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. [It was] full of large fish, 153 {}, but even with so many, the net was not torn.

¹²“Come, have breakfast, Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

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

¹⁴This [was] now the third time [that] Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from [the] dead.

¹⁵When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon [son] of John, do you love Me more than these? “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” [Jesus] replied, “Feed My lambs.

¹⁶[Jesus] asked a second time, “Simon [son] of John, do you love Me? “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” [Jesus] told him, “Shepherd My sheep.

¹⁷[Jesus] asked a third time, “Simon [son] of John, do you love Me? Peter was deeply hurt that [Jesus] had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me? “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

¹⁸Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead [you] where you do not want to go.

¹⁹[Jesus] said this to indicate [the kind of] death by which [Peter] would glorify God. And [after] He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.

²⁰Peter turned [and] saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following [them]. [He was the one] who had leaned back [against Jesus] at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

²¹[When] [Peter] saw him, [he] asked, “Lord, what about [him]?”

²²Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what [is that] to you? You follow Me!

²³Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple {would} not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what [is that] to you?

²⁴This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written [them down]. And we know that his testimony is true.

²⁵There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.