A Picnic by the Beach: Jn 21.1-19

6¹After this, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. This is how he showed himself. ²Simon Peter and Thomas - called "Twin" - and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciple were together. ³Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing". They said to him, "We're coming with you too". They went out and got in the boat, and that night they didn't catch anything. ⁴When morning came, Jesus was by the shore -- now the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus. ⁵So Jesus said to them, "Guys, don't you have anything to eat?" They answered him, "No". ⁶But he said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you'll find something." So they cast out and they weren't able to pull it back because of the great weight of fish! ⁷So that disciple that Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, belted his outer garment - for he only had on his underwear - and cast himself into the lake. ⁸But the other disciples came in the skiff, dragging the net of fish, for they were not far from land - only around 100m away. ⁹Then as they landed, they saw a charcoal fire laid and fish set out on it and bread. ¹⁰Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you've just caught!" ¹¹Then Simon Peter went aboard and drew the net onto the land, full of 153 large fish, and even though there were so many, the net did not break. ¹²Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast!". But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" - they knew he was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them and likewise the fish. ¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus showed himself to the disciples after he rose from the dead.

¹⁵Then when they had eaten breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" Simon said to him, "Yes, Lord. You know I love you." He said to Simon, "Pasture my lambs!"

¹⁶He said to Simon again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Simon said to him, "Yes, Lord. You know I love you!" He said to Simon, "Shepherd my sheep!"

¹⁷He said to Simon a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus said to him the third time, "Do you love me?", and Peter said to him, "Lord, you know everything! You know I love you." [Jesus] said to him, "Pasture my sheep! ¹⁸Amen, Amen I say to you, when you were young, you put on your own belt and went where you wanted. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will bind you and lead you where you don’t want. ¹⁹He said this to signify by what kind of death Simon would glorify God. And after he said this, Jesus said to him, "Follow me!".

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