John 1:29–42

²⁹The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, ⁿ who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This is the One I was talking about when I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’ ³¹Even I did not know who he was, although I came baptizing with water so that the people of Israel would know who he is.”

^32–33Then John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven in the form of a dove and rest on him. Until then I did not know who the Christ was. But the God who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man; he is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴I have seen this happen, and I tell you the truth: This man is the Son of God.” ⁿ

The First Followers of Jesus

³⁵The next day John ⁿ was there again with two of his followers. ³⁶When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ⁿ

³⁷The two followers heard John say this, so they followed Jesus. ³⁸When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he asked, “What are you looking for?”

They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” (“Rabbi” means “Teacher.”)

³⁹He answered, “Come and see.” So the two men went with Jesus and saw where he was staying and stayed there with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

⁴⁰One of the two men who followed Jesus after they heard John speak about him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ.”)

⁴²Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.” ⁿ)