John 21:15-25
English Standard Version
Jesus and Peter
15 When they had (A)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, (B)“Simon, (C)son of John, (D)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed (E)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, (F)“Tend (G)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 (H)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (I)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (J)my sheep. 18 (K)Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, (L)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 (M)by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, (N)“Follow me.”
Jesus and the Beloved Apostle
20 Peter turned and saw (O)the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, (P)the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper 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 (Q)until (R)I come, what is that to you? (S)You follow me!” 23 So the saying spread abroad among (T)the 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 (U)who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and (V)we know (W)that his testimony is true.
25 Now (X)there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that (Y)the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
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- John 21:23 Or brothers and sisters
ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:15-25
SBL Greek New Testament
15 Ὅτε οὖν ἠρίστησαν λέγει τῷ Σίμωνι Πέτρῳ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Σίμων [a]Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με πλέον τούτων; λέγει αὐτῷ· Ναί, κύριε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ· Βόσκε τὰ ἀρνία μου. 16 λέγει αὐτῷ πάλιν δεύτερον· Σίμων [b]Ἰωάννου, ἀγαπᾷς με; λέγει αὐτῷ· Ναί, κύριε, σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ· Ποίμαινε τὰ πρόβατά μου. 17 λέγει αὐτῷ τὸ τρίτον· Σίμων [c]Ἰωάννου, φιλεῖς με; ἐλυπήθη ὁ Πέτρος ὅτι εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ τρίτον· Φιλεῖς με; καὶ [d]εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Κύριε, [e]πάντα σὺ οἶδας, σὺ γινώσκεις ὅτι φιλῶ σε. λέγει αὐτῷ [f]ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Βόσκε τὰ [g]πρόβατά μου. 18 ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ὅτε ἦς νεώτερος, ἐζώννυες σεαυτὸν καὶ περιεπάτεις ὅπου ἤθελες· ὅταν δὲ γηράσῃς, ἐκτενεῖς τὰς χεῖράς σου, καὶ ἄλλος [h]σε ζώσει καὶ οἴσει ὅπου οὐ θέλεις. 19 τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ δοξάσει τὸν θεόν. καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν λέγει αὐτῷ· Ἀκολούθει μοι.
20 [i]Ἐπιστραφεὶς ὁ Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα, ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν ὁ παραδιδούς σε; 21 τοῦτον [j]οὖν ἰδὼν ὁ Πέτρος λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ· Κύριε, οὗτος δὲ τί; 22 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐὰν αὐτὸν θέλω μένειν ἕως ἔρχομαι, τί πρὸς σέ; σύ [k]μοι ἀκολούθει. 23 ἐξῆλθεν οὖν [l]οὗτος ὁ λόγος εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὅτι ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἀποθνῄσκει. [m]οὐκ εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι οὐκ ἀποθνῄσκει ἀλλ’· Ἐὰν αὐτὸν θέλω μένειν ἕως ἔρχομαι, τί πρὸς σέ;
24 Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μαθητὴς ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ τούτων καὶ [n]ὁ γράψας ταῦτα, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθὴς [o]αὐτοῦ ἡ μαρτυρία ἐστίν. 25 ἔστιν δὲ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ [p]ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, ἅτινα ἐὰν γράφηται καθ’ ἕν, οὐδ’ αὐτὸν οἶμαι τὸν κόσμον [q]χωρήσειν τὰ γραφόμενα [r]βιβλία.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:15 Ἰωάννου WH Treg NIV ] Ἰωνᾶ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:16 Ἰωάννου WH Treg NIV ] Ἰωνᾶ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:17 Ἰωάννου WH Treg NIV ] Ἰωνᾶ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:17 εἶπεν WH Treg RP ] λέγει NIV
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:17 πάντα σὺ WH Treg NIV ] σὺ πάντα RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:17 ὁ NIV RP ] – WH Treg
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:17 πρόβατά WH NIV RP ] προβάτιά Treg
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:18 σε ζώσει NIV RP ] ζώσει σε WH Treg
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:20 Ἐπιστραφεὶς WH Treg NIV ] + δὲ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:21 οὖν WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:22 μοι ἀκολούθει WH Treg NIV ] ἀκολούθει μοι RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:23 οὗτος ὁ λόγος WH Treg NIV ] ὁ λόγος οὗτος RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:23 οὐκ εἶπεν δὲ WH Treg NIV ] καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:24 ὁ WH Treg NIV ] – RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:24 αὐτοῦ ἡ μαρτυρία ἐστίν WH Treg NIV ] ἐστίν ἡ μαρτυρία αὐτοῦ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:25 ἃ WH Treg NIV ] ὅσα RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:25 χωρήσειν WH Treg ] χωρῆσαι NIV RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 21:25 βιβλία WH Treg NIV ] + Ἀμήν RP
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