Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Jesus on the beach

21 After this, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the sea of Tiberias. This was how he showed himself.

² Simon Peter, Thomas (known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples, were all together.

³ Simon Peter spoke up.

“I’m going fishing,” he said.

“We’ll go with you,” they replied.

So they went off and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.

⁴ As dawn was breaking, Jesus stood beside the seashore, but the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus.

⁵ “Children,” said Jesus to them, “haven’t you got anything to eat?”

“No!” they replied.

⁶ “Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” he said, “and you’ll find something.”

So they cast the net; and now they couldn’t draw it in because of the weight of the fish.

⁷ So the disciple that Jesus loved spoke to Peter.

“It’s the master!” he said.

When Simon Peter heard that it was the master, he wrapped his cloak around him (he had been naked for work), and threw himself into the sea. ⁸ The other disciples brought the boat in to land, dragging the net full of fish. They weren’t far from shore, about a hundred yards away.

Breakfast by the shore

⁹ When they came to land, they saw a charcoal fire laid there, with fish and bread on it.

¹⁰ Jesus spoke to them.

“Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught,” he said.

¹¹ So Simon Peter went and pulled the net onto the shore. It was full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three in all. The net wasn’t torn, even though there were so many.

¹² “Come and have breakfast,” said Jesus to them.

None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the master.

¹³ Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so also with the fish. ¹⁴ This was now the third time that Jesus had appeared to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.