John 21:15

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John 21:15

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Summary

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

Lovest

John 21:7

Matthew 26:33

Mark 14:29

Thou knowest

Revelation 2:23

Lambs

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Bible References

Lovest

Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand.

For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight -- the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

We love because he loved us first.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, tucked in his outer garment (for he had nothing on underneath it), and plunged into the sea.

Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"

Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!"

Thou knowest

Jesus said a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" and said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus replied, "Feed my sheep.

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.

Lambs

But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

"See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ.

So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.

Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees,

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

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I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord.

Then he said to me, "These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people."

After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,

John 21:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Lovest

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Thou knowest

Lambs

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Lovest

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Thou knowest

Lambs

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