John 21:1-14

New International Version

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples,^(A) by the Sea of Galilee.^[a]^(B) It happened this way: ²Simon Peter, Thomas^(C) (also known as Didymus^[b]), Nathanael^(D) from Cana in Galilee,^(E) the sons of Zebedee,^(F) and two other disciples were together. ³“I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.^(G)

⁴Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.^(H)

⁵He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

⁶He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.^(I)

⁷Then the disciple whom Jesus loved^(J) said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. ⁸The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.^[c] ⁹When they landed, they saw a fire^(K) of burning coals there with fish on it,^(L) and some bread.

¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.^(M) ¹⁴This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples^(N) after he was raised from the dead.

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Footnotes

John 21:1 Greek Tiberias
John 21:2 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.
John 21:8 Or about 90 meters

Job 41:12-34

New International Version

¹²“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,^(A)
    its strength^(B) and its graceful form.
¹³Who can strip off its outer coat?
    Who can penetrate its double coat of armor^[a]?^(C)
¹⁴Who dares open the doors of its mouth,^(D)
    ringed about with fearsome teeth?
¹⁵Its back has^[b] rows of shields
    tightly sealed together;^(E)
¹⁶each is so close to the next
    that no air can pass between.
¹⁷They are joined fast to one another;
    they cling together and cannot be parted.
¹⁸Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
    its eyes are like the rays of dawn.^(F)
¹⁹Flames^(G) stream from its mouth;
    sparks of fire shoot out.
²⁰Smoke pours from its nostrils^(H)
    as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
²¹Its breath^(I) sets coals ablaze,
    and flames dart from its mouth.^(J)
²²Strength^(K) resides in its neck;
    dismay goes before it.
²³The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
    they are firm and immovable.
²⁴Its chest is hard as rock,
    hard as a lower millstone.^(L)
²⁵When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;^(M)
    they retreat before its thrashing.^(N)
²⁶The sword that reaches it has no effect,
    nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.^(O)
²⁷Iron it treats like straw^(P)
    and bronze like rotten wood.
²⁸Arrows do not make it flee;^(Q)
    slingstones are like chaff to it.
²⁹A club seems to it but a piece of straw;^(R)
    it laughs^(S) at the rattling of the lance.
³⁰Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
    leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.^(T)
³¹It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron^(U)
    and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.^(V)
³²It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
    one would think the deep had white hair.
³³Nothing on earth is its equal^(W)—
    a creature without fear.
³⁴It looks down on all that are haughty;^(X)
    it is king over all that are proud.^(Y)”