John 21:20-24 Parallel Bible Translations

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20	Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the meal and asked, \|Lord, who is the one who is going to 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	So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, \|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 replied, \|If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? 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	So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, \|If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?\|	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 testifies about these things and has written these things, 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.
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