13 Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time(A) Jesus appeared[a](B) to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus’s Threefold Restoration of Peter

15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,[b] do you love me more than these?”

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

“Feed my lambs,” he told him.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:14 Lit was revealed (v. 1)
  2. 21:15–17 Other mss read “Simon, son of Jonah; Mt 16:17; Jn 1:42

13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.(A) 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples(B) after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus Reinstates Peter

15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”(C)

Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”(D)

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