John 21:18-24

¹⁸Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

¹⁹Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.

²⁰Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them — the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?

²¹Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

²²Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.

²³So this saying went about among the brothers that this disciple would not undergo death: Jesus, however, did not say that he would not undergo death, but, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you?

²⁴This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.