John 1:35–51

The First Disciples of Jesus

³⁵The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, ³⁶and as he watched Jesus walk by he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!”^{* 37}The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. ³⁸When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?”^{* 39}He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. ⁴⁰One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.^{* 41}He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed^k).^{* 42}He brought Simon^l to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas”^m (which is translated Peterⁿ).^*

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”^{* 44}Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.^{* 45}Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.”^{* 46}Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”^{* 47}When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”^{* 48}Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”^{* 50}Jesus answered, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you,^o you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”^*