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¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

So {G3767} when {G3753} they had dined {G709}, Jesus {G2424} saith {G3004} to Simon {G4613} Peter {G4074}, Simon {G4613}, son of Jonas {G2495}, lovest thou {G25} me {G3165} more than {G4119} these {G5130}? He saith {G3004} unto him {G846}, Yea {G3483}, Lord {G2962}; thou {G4771} knowest {G1492} that {G3754} I love {G5368} thee {G4571}. He saith {G3004} unto him {G846}, Feed {G1006} my {G3450} lambs {G721}.

After breakfast, Yeshua said to Shim‘on Kefa, “Shim‘on Bar-Yochanan, do you love me more than these?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I’m your friend.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

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Cross-References

  • 1 John 4:19 (16 votes)

    We love him, because he first loved us.

  • Isaiah 40:11 (16 votes)

    He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom, [and] shall gently lead those that are with young.

  • Romans 15:1 (15 votes)

    ¶ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:14 (14 votes)

    For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

  • 2 Corinthians 5:15 (14 votes)

    And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  • 1 Peter 5:1 (11 votes)

    ¶ The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

  • 1 Peter 5:4 (11 votes)

    And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.