John 2:24 - Plain English Version24-25 But Jesus knew everything about all people. He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like. And he knew that those people only believed in him after they saw him do powerful things, and that they might stop believing in him soon. So Jesus didn’t trust them. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176924 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition24 But Jesus [for His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all [men]; Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)24 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men, Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible24 But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them because he knew all people. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version24 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he himself had knowledge of all persons, Ver Capítulo |
Then Jesus’s special workers prayed. They said, “Judas left his job, and went his own way, and now he is dead. He went to that bad place. And God, you know everyone properly, and you know the way they think. Please show us the man that you want to take Judas’s place, and to do his job, and to be a special worker of Jesus.”
After that, Jesus asked him again, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Then Peter got a bit upset because Jesus asked him 3 times, “Do you love me?” So Peter said, “Sir, you know everything, and you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “All right, you have to look after my people properly, just like a shepherd takes his sheep to good grass for them to eat.
Straight away, Jesus knew what the Jewish law teachers were thinking, so he said to them, “You are thinking the wrong way. I might say to this man, ‘You did bad things, but I say you are not guilty of them.’ Or I might say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your swag and go home.’ I can do both of those things.