¹¹ “I am the good shepherd.^(A) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^(B)

¹⁴ “I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me,

Jesus’ Threefold Restoration of Peter

¹⁵ When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John,^[a] do you love^[b] Me more than these?”

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Feed^(A) My lambs,”^(B) He told him.

¹⁶ A second time He asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love^(C) Me?”^(D)

“Yes, Lord,” he said to Him, “You know that I love You.”

“Shepherd^(E) My sheep,”^(F) He told him.

¹⁷ He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love^(G) Me?”

Peter was grieved^(H) that He asked him the third time, “Do you love Me?” He said, “Lord, You know everything!^(I) You know that I love You.”

“Feed^(J) My sheep,” Jesus said.

Benediction and Farewell

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep^(A)—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,^(B)