John 1:35–51

Jesus’ Public Ministry, First Converts

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).

^43aThe next day He purposed to go into ^bGalilee, and He found ^cPhilip. And Jesus said to him, “^dFollow Me.”

⁴⁴Now ^aPhilip was from ^bBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

^45aPhilip found ^bNathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^cMoses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of ^dNazareth, ^ethe son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, “^aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?” ^bPhilip said to him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an ^aIsraelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

⁴⁸Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

⁴⁹Nathanael answered Him, “^aRabbi, You are ^bthe Son of God; You are the ^cKing 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 you, you will see ^athe heavens opened and ^bthe angels of God ascending and descending on ^cthe Son of Man.”