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Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by
the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter,
Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in
Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, 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.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but
the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any
fish?” “No,” they answered.
6 He 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.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved 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. 8 The other
disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish,
for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 9
When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there
with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you
have just caught.”
11 Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net
ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so
many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and
have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who
are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the
bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his
disciples after he was raised from the dead.
Jesus Reinstates Peter
15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon
Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus
said, “Feed my lambs.”
16 Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love
me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.”
17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John,
do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the
third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all
things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my
sheep. 18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you
dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are
old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will
dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19
Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter
would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
20 Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus
loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned
back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is
going to betray you?” 21 When Peter saw him, he asked,
“Lord, what about him?”
22 Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive
until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” 23
Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that
this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he
would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive
until I return, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things
and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one
of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole
world would not have room for the books that would be
written.
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