John 1:29–42

²⁹The 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 on behalf of whom I said, ‘^aAfter me comes a Man who ¹has a higher rank than I, ^bfor He existed before me.’

³¹“I did not recognize ¹Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ²in water.”

³²John ^atestified saying, “^bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

³³“I did not recognize ¹Him, but He who sent me to baptize ²in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^athis is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

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

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³⁵Again ^athe next day John was standing ¹with two of his disciples,

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

³⁷The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸And Jesus turned and saw them following, and 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, for it was about the ¹tenth hour.

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

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

⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^1aJohn; you shall be called ^bCephas” (which is translated ^2cPeter).