John 1:29–42

THE LAMB OF GOD

²⁹The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,^az who takes away the sin^ba of the world! ³⁰This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ³¹I didn’t know him,^bb but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed^bc to Israel.” ³²And John testified, “I saw the Spirit^bd descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.^{be 33}I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on—he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’^{bf 34}I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”^Da

³⁵The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

³⁷The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. ³⁸When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to him, “Rabbi”^b (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

³⁹“Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.^E

⁴⁰Andrew,^c Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”^Fd (which is translated “the Christ”),^{e 42}and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John.^G You will be called Cephas”^f (which is translated “Peter”^H).