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After these things
Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he
showed himself in this way.
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Gathered there
together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in
Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
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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 after daybreak,
Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
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Jesus said to them,
“Children, you have no fish, have you?”
They answered him, “No.”
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He said to them,
“Cast the net to 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 because there were so many 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 some clothes, for he was naked, and jumped 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, only about a hundred yards off.
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When they had gone
ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish 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 fifty-three
of them; and though 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 to ask him, “Who are you?” because they knew it was the
Lord.
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Jesus came and took
the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.
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This was now the
third time that Jesus appeared 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.” Jesus 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.” Jesus
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 felt hurt 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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Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger,
you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when
you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten
a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.”
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(He said this to
indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he
said to him, “Follow me.”
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Peter turned and saw
the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had
reclined next to Jesus 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 him?” |
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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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So the rumor spread
in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to
him that he would not 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 testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his
testimony is true.
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But there are also
many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I
suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be
written.
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