John 1:29–51

Behold, the Lamb of God

²⁹The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, ^xthe Lamb of God, who ^ytakes away the sin ^zof the world! ³⁰This is he of whom I said, ^a‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ³¹I myself did not know him, but ^bfor this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” ³²And John ^cbore witness: ^d“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and ^eit remained on him. ³³I myself did not know him, but ^fhe who sent me to baptize ^gwith water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, ^hthis is he who baptizes ^gwith the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son⁹ of God.”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

³⁵The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, ⁱthe Lamb of God!” ³⁷The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, ^j“What are you seeking?” And they said to him, ^k“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” ³⁹He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.^{10 40l}One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus¹¹ was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ^mthe Messiah” (which means Christ). ⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ⁿJohn. You shall be called ^oCephas” (which means ^pPeter¹²).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

^43qThe next day Jesus decided ^rto go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴Now ^sPhilip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found ^tNathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^uMoses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^vof Nazareth, ^wthe son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, ^x“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ^yan Israelite indeed, ^zin whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, “How ^ado you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, ^b“Rabbi, ^cyou are the Son of God! You are the ^dKing of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,¹³ you will see ^eheaven opened, and ^fthe angels of God ascending and descending on ^gthe Son of Man.”