John 21:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

A 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.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Cross References

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,

1 Peter 2:25

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 95:7

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would hearken to his voice!

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

John 18:25

Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said to him, “Are not you also one of his disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

John 18:17

The maid who kept the door said to Peter, “Are not you also one of this man's disciples?” He said, “I am not.”

Luke 19:10

For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Matthew 26:72

And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”

Matthew 25:32

Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,

Matthew 2:6

‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel.’ ”

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” says the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved 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.