John 21:17 Cross References - MNT

¹⁷ The third time Jesus asked him, "Am I really dear to you?" Peter was grieved because the third time he asked, "Am I really dear to you?" and he answered, "Master, you know all things, you know that you are dear to me."

⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

⁷³ A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you." ⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I never knew the man." Immediately the cock crew! ⁷⁵ Then Peter recalled the word that Jesus had spoken, "Before the cock crow, you shall three times deny me"—and he went out and broke out into bitter weeping.

⁷² At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.

⁶¹ Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." ⁶² And Peter went outside and wept with bitter crying.

²⁴ but for his part Jesus was not trusting himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵ and did not need any one's testimony concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.

⁸ for the poor you have with you always, but me you have not always."

³⁸ "Your life you will lay down for me? In solemn truth I tell you, the cock shall not crow before you have three times disowned me."

¹⁵ "If you love me, you will obey my commandments,

¹⁰ "If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and abide in his love.

³⁰ Now we are sure that you know all things, and have no need for any one to question you; by this we believe that you came forth from God."

⁴ Then Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon him, went forth to meet them, and asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?"

²⁷ Peter again denied it; and at that very moment a cock crew.

¹⁵ When they were through breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." he answered. Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me." "Be a shepherd to my sheep," said Jesus.

²⁴ and they prayed, saying. "Thou, O Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, show clearly which of these two men thou hast chosen to fill the place

⁸ "And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;

¹² For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

⁴ For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart, through many tears; not to pain you, but to convince you of my love, my abundant love for you. ⁵ As to him who has been, and now is, causing pain, it is not I whom he has pained, but all of you—at least some of you (not to overstate the case). ⁶ Sufficient for the offender is the punishment imposed by the majority; ⁷ so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.

⁸ Even if I caused you pain by my letter, I do not regret; though I did regret it when I saw that my letter had caused you pain, even for a time. ⁹ But now I am glad; not because you were pained; but because your pain led you to repentance. ¹⁰ For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death. ¹¹ Note the results of this pain which God permitted; what earnestness it has called forth in you, what explanations, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what fervor, what punishment of wrong. In every way you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.

⁸ I do not say this by way of command, but by the zeal of others I am trying to prove the reality of your love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he was rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

⁶ Exult in this, though now for a brief moment, if need be, you have suffered many hardships.

¹² I shall therefore be always ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it, and are firmly founded in the truth which is with you. ¹³ So I think it right, as long as I am in this "tent," to rouse you by way of reminding you, ¹⁴ since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me. ¹⁵ So I will do my best to enable you, even after my departure, continually to call these things to mind.

¹ This is now my second letter to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your pure minds by putting you in remembrance.

¹⁶ By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. ¹⁷ But whoever has this world's goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his heart against him, how can the love of God continue to abide in him? ¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word nor in talk, but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ By this we shall come to know that we are really of the truth, ²⁰ and shall persuade our heart in his presence whenever our heart condemns us, because God is greater than our heart and knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God, ²² and whatever we ask we are receiving from him, because we are keeping his commandments and doing those things that are pleasing in his sight. ²³ His commandment is this, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as he has commanded us to do. ²⁴ He who keeps his commandments is abiding in Him, and Christ in him. By this we know that Christ is abiding in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

⁷ since for the sake of the Name they have started out, taking nothing from the Gentiles. ⁸ Hence we ought to support such, so that we may become fellow workers for the truth.

²³ And moreover, her children will I kill with pestilence. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the hearts and souls of men. I will give to each of you according to his works.

¹⁹ All whom I love I reprove and discipline; therefore be full of zeal and repent.