15 While they were eating, Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) asked Shim’on (Simon) Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros), “Shim’on, son of Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes), do you love me more than these?”

Kefa answered, “Yes, master, you know that I love you.”

Yeshua responded, “Feed my lambs.” 16 Then he asked again, “Shim’on, son of Yohan, do you love me?”

Kefa replied, “Yes, master, you know that I love you.”

Yeshua responded, “Shepherd my sheep.” 17 Then he asked a third time, “Shim’on, son of Yohan, do you love me?”

Kefa was now upset that he’d been asked a third time if he loved him, and he answered, “Master, you know everything.”

“Feed my sheep,” Yeshua responded. 18 “I can assure you that while you are young, you dress yourself and go wherever you want to go, but as you age, you’ll be stretching out your hands and others will dress you and will take you where you don’t want to go.” 19 When he said that, Yeshua was indicating how Kefa would die honouring God, and he told Kefa, “Keep following me.”

20 When Kefa turned around he saw that the apprentice that Yeshua loved was following them—the one who’d leaned on Yeshua’s chest during the supper and asked who the one was who would turn Yeshua over.[ref] 21 Noticing him, Kefa asked Yeshua, “Master, what about that one?”

22 But Yeshua replied, “If I want him to stay alive until I come back, what business would it be of yours? You just stay following me.”

23 As a result of that, a rumour went around the others that that one wouldn’t die, but Yeshua never said that. (He only said, “If I want him to stay alive until I come back, what business would it be of yours?”)