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John 21

Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee

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After these things Jesus  1 amanifested Himself  bagain to the disciples at the  cSea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.

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Simon Peter, and  aThomas called  1Didymus, and  bNathanael of  cCana in Galilee, and  dthe sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

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Simon Peter *said to them, "I am going fishing." They *said to him, "We will also come with you." They went out and got into the boat; and  athat night they caught nothing.

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But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not  aknow that it was Jesus.

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So Jesus *said to them, "Children,  ayou do not have  1any fish, do you?" They answered Him, "No."

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And He said to them, aCast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch." So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

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 aTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, "It is the Lord." So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.

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But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about  1one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.

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So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal  afire already laid and  bfish placed on it, and bread.

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Jesus *said to them, "Bring some of the  afish which you have now caught."

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Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus Provides

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Jesus *said to them, "Come and have  abreakfast." None of the disciples ventured to question Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord.

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Jesus *came and *took  athe bread and *gave it to them, and the  bfish likewise.

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This is now the  athird time that Jesus  1was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.

The Love Motivation

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So when they had  afinished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you  1 blove Me more than these?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I  2love You." He *said to him, "Tend  cMy lambs."

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He *said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you  1love Me?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I  2love You." He *said to him, aShepherd My sheep."

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He *said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you  1love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him  athe third time, "Do you  1love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord,  bYou know all things; You know that I  1love You." Jesus *said to him, cTend My sheep.

Our Times Are in His Hand

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"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go."

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Now this He said,  asignifying by  bwhat kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, cFollow Me!"

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Peter, turning around, *saw the  adisciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had  bleaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?"

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So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, "Lord, and what about this man?"

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Jesus *said to him, "If I want him to remain  auntil I come, what is that to you? You  bfollow Me!"

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Therefore this saying went out among  athe brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, "If I want him to remain  buntil I come, what is that to you?"

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This is the disciple who  ais testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

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And there are also  amany other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.



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