John 21:12

They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.

They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.

He took them, and ate in front of them.

You are witnesses of these things.

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”

We are witnesses of everything he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they also killed, hanging him on a tree.

not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen before by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

We love him, because he first loved us.

So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.

The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

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

Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”

That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around himself (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.

Then Jesus came and took the bread, gave it to them, and the fish likewise.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

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

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go out from me!” No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

I will set up shepherds over them, who will feed them. They will no longer be afraid or dismayed, neither will any be lacking,” says Yahweh.

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.

“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.

I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”

He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”

But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

But Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.”

Afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they didn’t believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” He said, “Teacher, say on.”

But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

An argument arose among them about which of them was the greatest.

for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in God’s Kingdom.”

When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.

Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.

Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?’

“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

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

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

and he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.