Jesus asked Peter once more the same thing, Do you love me?
Peter was afraid Jesus did not believe him, and this made him sorry. He said, Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.
Jesus said again, Feed my sheep.
If Peter loved Jesus he would do what Jesus bade him, and go and teach people.
Do you love Jesus, my little children? What would you answer if Jesus said to you, Do you love me? Could you say to Jesus, Look into my heart, and you will see that I love you? If you do really love him, you will hate lies and passions, and you will try to be kind and gentle, and to please Jesus all the day.
Why did Jesus ask Peter so often whether he loved him? Why did he ask him three times over?
Peter had said he did not know Jesus three times over. So Jesus wanted to hear him say he loved him three times over.
Then Jesus told Peter what would happen to him when he was old. Jesus said to Peter, When you were young, you walked about where you liked; but when you are old some men will take you, and stretch out your hands, and carry you where you do not like to go.
Jesus meant that Peter would be crucified; men would stretch out his hands on a cross, and nail him as they had done Jesus. Wicked people would crucify Peter because he loved Jesus; but Peter would never say again that he did not know Jesus.