John 13:23

Plain English Version

There was one follower that Jesus liked a lot, and he was sitting next to Jesus.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had only one little girl sheep. He paid money for it. He grew it up in his own house, just like one of his kids. It ate food from his plate and drank water from his cup. It slept on his lap like it was his own kid.

Luke 16:22

Then one day, the poor man died, and God sent his angel messengers to get him and take him to be with Abraham, our grand-father that died a long time ago. Then later the rich man died, and his family buried his body.

John 1:18

Nobody has ever seen God. But the special man, the one that is God, he is always with his father. He is the one that showed us what God is like.

John 11:3

so Mary and Martha sent a message to Jesus. They said, “Your good friend Lazarus is very sick.”

John 11:36

The people saw Jesus crying, and some of them said, “Look at him. He really loved his friend.”

John 11:5

Jesus was really good friends with Mary, Martha and Lazarus,

John 13:24

Peter moved his hand to make a sign to that follower, to get him to ask Jesus, “Who are you talking about?”

John 13:25

That follower leaned over closer to Jesus and asked, “Sir, who are you talking about?”

John 19:26

Jesus saw his mother standing there, and also the follower that he liked a lot. So he said to his mother, “Look at that man near you. He is your son now.”

John 20:2

So she ran to Peter, and the follower that Jesus liked a lot, to tell them what she saw in the cave. She told them, “Somebody took our leader’s body out of the cave, and we don’t know where they put him.”

John 21:20

Then Peter turned around and saw the follower that Jesus liked a lot. He was walking behind them at the lake. (Remember, at their last dinner together before Jesus died, this man leaned close to Jesus, and asked him, “Who is going to turn against you?”)

John 21:24

That follower, the one Jesus was talking about, he is the one that wrote this book. He saw all those things happen, and we know that he wrote the true story about Jesus.

John 21:7

Then the follower that Jesus liked a lot, said to Peter, “That man on the land is our leader Jesus.” As soon as Peter heard that the man was Jesus, he put his coat back on. (You see, he took it off before, so that he could work better.) Then he jumped into the water to go to Jesus.