So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you love Me more than these?

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He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” | He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Nonah, do you love Me?” | He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I [d]love You.” | He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” | He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [e]Jonah, do you [f]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” | And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” | Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep". | As quoted in Gospel of John 21:15-17

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