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¹AFTER these things, Jesus showed himself again to his disciples by the sea of Tiberias; and he appeared in this way: ²They were all together, Simon Peter and Thomas who is called the Twin and Nathanael of Cana of Galilee and the sons of Zebedee and 2 other disciples. ³Simon Peter said to them, I am going to catch fish. They said to him, We will come with you. So they went out and climbed up into the boat; and that night they caught nothing. ⁴In the morning Jesus came and stood by the seaside; and the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. ⁵So Jesus said to them, Young men, do you have anything to eat? They said to him, No. ⁶He said to them, Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find fish. So they threw it, and they were not able to draw the net because of the many fish which it had caught.

⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, That is our Lord. When Simon heard that it was our Lord, he took his cloak and girded it around his waist, because he was naked; and he jumped into the sea to come to Jesus. ⁸But the other disciples came by boat; for they were not very far from land, but about 200 cubits, and they were dragging the net of fish. ⁹When they landed, they saw burning coals set, and a fish laid on them, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have now caught. ¹¹So Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, 153; and in spite of this weight, the net did not break. ¹²Jesus said to them, Come, eat. But not one of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew he was our Lord. ¹³Then Jesus drew near, and took bread and fish and gave to them. ¹⁴This is the 3rd time that Jesus appeared to his disciples after he rose up from the dead. ¹⁵When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these things? He said to him, Yes, my Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶He said to him the 2nd time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, my Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷He said to him the 3rd time, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me? It grieved Peter because he said to him the 3rd time, Do you love me? So he said to him, My Lord, you understand everything well, you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my ewes. ¹⁸Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you tied up your belt yourself, and walked wherever you pleased; but when you become old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will tie your belt up for you and take you where you do not want to go. ¹⁹He said this to show by what death he would glorify God. And when he had said these things, he said to him, Follow me.

²⁰Simon Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following him, the one who leaned on the breast of Jesus at the supper and said, My Lord, who will betray you? ²¹When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, My Lord, what about him? ²²Jesus said to him, If I wish him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you? You follow me. ²³This word then went out among the brothers, that that disciple would not die. But what Jesus said was not that he would not die, but, If I wish that he should remain until I come back, what difference does that make to you? ²⁴This is the disciple who testified concerning all of these things and who also wrote them; and we know that his testimony is true. ²⁵There are also a great many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, not even this world, I believe, could contain the books that would be written.