17 He *said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you [a]love Me?” Peter was [b]hurt because He said to him (A)the third time, “Do you [c]love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, (B)You know all things; You know that I [d]love You.” Jesus *said to him, (C)Tend My sheep.

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Footnotes

  1. John 21:17 Gr phileo
  2. John 21:17 Or distressed
  3. John 21:17 Gr phileo
  4. John 21:17 Gr phileo

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?”(A) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(B) you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(C)

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