15 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." 16 He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?"

He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you."

He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?"

Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you."

Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

15 Ora, dopo ch’ebbero desinato, Gesù disse a Simon Pietro: Simon di Giona, m’ami tu più che costoro? Egli gli disse: Veramente, Signore, tu sai ch’io t’amo. Gesù gli disse: Pasci i miei agnelli.

16 Gli disse ancora la seconda volta: Simon di Giona, m’ami tu? Egli gli disse: Veramente, Signore, tu sai ch’io t’amo. Gesù gli disse: Pasci le mie pecore.

17 Gli disse la terza volta: Simon di Giona, m’ami tu? Pietro s’attristò ch’egli gli avesse detto fino a tre volte: M’ami tu? E gli disse: Signore, tu sai ogni cosa, tu sai ch’io t’amo. Gesù gli disse: Pasci le mie pecore.