John 21:17

Jesus asks a third time, grieving Peter, who appeals to Jesus' full knowledge of his love, and is again told to feed His sheep. It matters because it completes Peter's restoration and recommissioning.

Cross-references · 35

• John 13:38“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.
• Mark 14:72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
• John 16:30Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”
• John 18:27Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.
• John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
• John 21:15–16When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
• Eph 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
• Rev 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Acts 1:24And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
• Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
• 2 Cor 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• John 18:4Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
• 1 Jn 3:16–24By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
• 2 Pet 1:12–15Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
• 1 Kgs 17:18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
• Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
• 1 Chr 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
• 2 Cor 2:4–7For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
• John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
• Job 31:4–6Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
• 1 Pet 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Josh 22:22“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
• Jer 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• 2 Cor 7:8–11Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.
• 2 Cor 8:8–9I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
• 3 Jn 1:7–8For they went out on behalf of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
• Luke 22:61–62And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
• 2 Pet 3:1Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
• Ps 7:8–9The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
• Lam 3:33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
• Matt 26:73–75After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
• John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
• Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Matt 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

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