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THE PROOF OF RIST'S DIVINITY 537
JESUS PLACES PE R IN CHARGE OF HIS CHURCH
''Feed My lambs.'' A third time, He said, ''Simon, son of John, lovest thou Me¥'' Peter was grieved, because Jesus had asked him this same question a third time, and he said, ''Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love Thee." Then said Jesus, ''Feed My sheep. Amen, amen, I say to thee, when thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself, and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst
not.''
By these words our blessed Savior prophesied that
the words which Peter spoke at the Last Supper would