Peter’s Denials Predicted

³⁶ “Lord,” Simon Peter said to Him, “where are You going?”

Jesus answered, “Where I am going^(A) you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

³⁷ “Lord,” Peter asked, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life^(B) for You!”^(C)

³⁸ Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for Me? I assure you: A rooster will not crow until you have denied Me three times.

Peter Denies Jesus Twice More

²⁵ Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “You aren’t one of His disciples too, are you?”

He denied it and said, “I am not!”

²⁶ One of the high priest’s slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

²⁷ Peter then denied it again. Immediately a rooster crowed.^(A)

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. ¹⁸ “I assure you:^(K) When you were young, you would tie your belt and walk wherever you wanted. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will tie you and carry you where you don’t want to go.” ¹⁹ He said this to signify by what kind of death^(L) he would glorify God.^[c](M) After saying this, He told him, “Follow Me!”^(N)