When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
Jesus said a third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“ Do you love me?” and said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“ Feed my sheep.
then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives.( Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.
However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“ The Lord knows those who are his,” and“ Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”