John 1:29–42

²⁹On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ³¹And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water.”

³²And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him. ³³And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, ‘The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him—this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One^k of God.

Two of John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

³⁵On the next day again John was standing there,^* and two of his disciples, ³⁶and looking at Jesus as he^* was walking by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” ³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him,^* said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means when^* translated “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 (it was about the tenth hour).

Andrew Declares Jesus to be the Messiah

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. ⁴¹This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”). ⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is interpreted “Peter”).