John 1:29–42

²⁹On the next day, he ^*saw Jesus coming to him and ^*said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God who ^btakes away the sin of the world!

³⁰“This is He of whom I said, ‘^aAfter me comes a man who has been ¹ahead of me, ^bfor He existed before me.’

³¹“I did not know ¹Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing with water.”

³²And John ^abore witness saying, “^bI have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He abided on Him.

³³“And I did not know ¹Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, ^athis is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

³⁴“And I myself have seen, and have borne witness that this is ^athe Son of God.”

Behold, the Lamb of God

^35aOn the next day, John again was standing ¹with two of his disciples,

³⁶and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and ^*said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God!”

³⁷And the two disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus.

³⁸And when Jesus turned and noticed them following, He ^*said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “^aRabbi (which translated 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. It was about the ¹tenth hour.

^40aOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴¹He first ^*found his own brother Simon and ^*said to him, “We have found the ^aMessiah” (which translated means ¹Christ).

⁴²He brought him to Jesus. When Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of ^aJohn; you shall be called ^bCephas” (which is translated ^1cPeter).