John 21:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ “Truly, I tell you^[a] emphatically, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don’t want to go.” ¹⁹ Now he said this to show by what kind of death he would glorify God.

After saying this, Jesus^[b] told him, “Keep following me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Disciple

²⁰ Peter turned around and noticed the disciple whom Jesus kept loving following them. He was the one who had put his head on Jesus’ chest at the supper and had asked, “Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?”