John 21:20-25 Parallel Bible Translations

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20	Simon Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following him, the one who leaned on the breast of Jesus at the supper, and said, My Lord, who will betray you?	Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?”	Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)
21	When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, My Lord, what about him?	When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?”	When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
22	Jesus said to him, If I wish him to remain until I come, what difference does that make to you? You follow me.	Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”	Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”
23	This word then went out among the brethren, that that disciple would not die. But what Jesus said was not that he would not die; but, If I wish that he should remain until I come back, what difference does that make to you?	So the saying spread abroad among the brothers that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”	Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?”
24	This is the disciple who testified concerning all of these things, and who also wrote them; and we know that his testimony is true.	This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.	This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
25	There are also a great many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, not even this world, I believe, could contain the books that would be written.	Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.	Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
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