² Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back.^(A) The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.’”

⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture^(A) say that the Messiah comes from David’s^(B) offspring^[a] and from the town of Bethlehem,^(C) where David lived?”

¹⁶ A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love^(A) me?”^(B)

“Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.”

“Shepherd^(C) my sheep,”^(D) he told him.