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John 21:1-19
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed
himself in this way. ²Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of
Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. ³Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am
going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that
night they caught nothing.
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Just after daybreak, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know
that it was Jesus.
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Jesus said to them, ‘Children, you have no fish, have you?’ They answered him, ‘No.’
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He said to them, ‘Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find some.’ So they cast it, and
now they were not able to haul it in because there were so many fish.
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That disciple whom Jesus loved
said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’ When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on some clothes,
for he was naked, and jumped into the sea.
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But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net
full of fish, for they were not far from the land, only about a hundred yards off.
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When they had gone
ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread.
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Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the
fish that you have just caught.’ 11So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large
fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn.
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Jesus said to
them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, ‘Who are you?’
because they knew it was the Lord.
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Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the
same with the fish.
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This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised
from the dead.
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me
more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my
lambs.’ 16A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He said to him, ‘Yes,
Lord; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’ 17He said to him the third time,
‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, ‘Do you love
me?’ And he said to him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him,
‘Feed my sheep.
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Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and
to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else
will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.’ 19(He said this to indicate the
kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’
Good morning, church. I would like to introduce myself. I know you think you know who I am
because I’m here in the body of your interim pastor. However, when you are 2,000 years old, it’s hard
to get around the world in your own body. My name is Nathanael, and I was one of Jesus’ disciples.
I’m one of “the twelve.” You will find me in the first chapter of John. I’m the one who was so skeptical
when my friend Philip brought me to Jesus. After all, Jesus came from Nazareth, and who would have
thought anything good could come from there?
But Jesus knew who I was, and all of a sudden I had this flash of insight that told me who he
was - the Son of God, the King of Israel. That day, Jesus promised to show me even greater things. I’m
going to tell you about the time that Jesus fulfilled that promise.
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