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When Jesus turned and saw them following, he asked, "
What are you looking for?" They said, "Rabbi (which is translated Teacher), where are you staying?"
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He replied, "
Come and see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon.
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One of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
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He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated Christ ).
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He led him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "
You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).
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The next day Jesus wanted to go into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him,
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Follow me."Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, Joseph's son, from Nazareth."
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Nathanael responded, "Can anything from Nazareth be good?" Philip said, "Come and see."
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Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "
Here is a genuine Israelite in whom there is no deceit."
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Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "
Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."