John 20:19-21:25

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Jesus Appears to the Disciples

^19 (A)On the evening ^(B)of that day, the first day of the week, ^(C)the doors being locked where the disciples were ^(D)for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ^(E)“Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, ^(F)he showed them his hands and his side. Then ^(G)the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As ^(H)the Father has sent me, ^(I)even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he ^(J)breathed on them and said to them, ^(K)“Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (L)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now ^(M)Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin,^[a] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ^(N)“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. ^(O)Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ^(P)“Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, ^(Q)“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, ^(R)“My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? ^(S)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

^30 (T)Now Jesus did many other signs ^(U)in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31 (V)but these are written so that you may ^(W)believe that Jesus is the Christ, ^(X)the Son of God, and that by believing ^(Y)you may have life ^(Z)in his name.

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus ^(AA)revealed himself ^(AB)again to the disciples by ^(AC)the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ² Simon Peter, ^(AD)Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ^(AE)Cana in Galilee, ^(AF)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ^(AG)that night they caught nothing.

⁴ Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ^(AH)did not know that it was Jesus. ^5 (AI)Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ^6 (AJ)He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷ That disciple ^(AK)whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ^(AL)he put on his outer garment, for he was ^(AM)stripped for work, and ^(AN)threw himself into the sea. ⁸ The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards^[b] off.

⁹ When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said to them, ^(AO)“Come and ^(AP)have breakfast.” Now ^(AQ)none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³ Jesus came and ^(AR)took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ^14 (AS)This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ When they had ^(AT)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^(AU)“Simon, ^(AV)son of John, ^(AW)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^(AX)my lambs.” ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^(AY)“Tend ^(AZ)my sheep.” ¹⁷ He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^(BA)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^(BB)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^(BC)my sheep. ^18 (BD)Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, ^(BE)you 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 ^(BF)by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, ^(BG)“Follow me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

²⁰ Peter turned and saw ^(BH)the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, ^(BI)the 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 ^(BJ)until ^(BK)I come, what is that to you? ^(BL)You follow me!” ²³ So the saying spread abroad among ^(BM)the brothers^[c] 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 ^(BN)who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and ^(BO)we know ^(BP)that his testimony is true.

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