He said to him again a second time, *Shim`on, son of Yonah, do you love me?* He said to him, *Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.* He said to him, *Tend my sheep.*
*Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,* says the LORD of Armies. *Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
'You Beit-Lechem, land of Yehudah, are in no way least among the princes of Yehudah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Yisra'el.'*
Now Shim`on Kefa was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, *You aren't also one of his talmidim, are you?* He denied it, and said, *I am not.*
He said to him the third time, *Shim`on, son of Yonah, do you have affection for me?* Kefa was grieved because he asked him the third time, *Do you have affection for me?* He said to him, *Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.* Yeshua said to him, *Feed my sheep.
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.*