John 1:35–51

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”).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” ⁴⁴(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets wrote about—Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!” ⁴⁶And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see!”

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Look! A true Israelite^l in whom is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you^* were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that 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 all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”