John 21:17-25

17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him ¹the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, ²you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed ³my sheep.

18 ⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, ⁵you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go."

19 (This he said to show ⁶by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, ⁷"Follow me."

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

20 Peter turned and saw ⁸the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, ⁹the one who had been reclining at table close to him and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?"

21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"

22 Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain ¹⁰until ¹¹I come, what is that to you? ¹²You follow me!"

23 So the saying spread abroad among ¹³the brothers^[a] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"

24 This is the disciple ¹⁴who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and ¹⁵we know ¹⁶that his testimony is true.

25 Now ¹⁷there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that ¹⁸the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.