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John 21:16

Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.”

Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

John 21:16 BSB

John 21:16 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Acts 20:28 (16 votes) and 1 Peter 5:2 (12 votes). 64 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 31 to Revelation 7.

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Which verses does John 21:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Acts 20:2816 votes

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

  2. 1 Peter 5:212 votes

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

  3. 1 Peter 2:257 votes

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

  4. Psalm 100:34 votes

    Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

  5. John 10:11–164 votes

    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. …

  6. Psalm 95:73 votes

    For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

  7. Luke 19:103 votes

    For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

  8. Zechariah 13:72 votes

    Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

  9. Matthew 2:62 votes

    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

  10. Matthew 25:322 votes

    All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

  11. Matthew 26:722 votes
  12. Luke 15:3–72 votes
  13. John 18:172 votes
  14. John 18:252 votes
  15. Hebrews 13:202 votes
  16. John 10:26–271 vote
  17. Revelation 7:171 vote

Which verses point to John 21:16?

The 10 strongest of 64.