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43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, "Come, follow me."
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The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 (Philip's hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)
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Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
45 Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, "We've found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It's Jesus, Joseph's son, the one from Nazareth!"
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Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 Nathanael said, "Nazareth? You've got to be kidding." But Philip said, "Come, see for yourself."
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“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw him coming he said, "There's a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body."
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When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48 Nathanael said, "Where did you get that idea? You don't know me." Jesus answered, "One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree."
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“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Nathanael exclaimed, "Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!"
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Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50 Jesus said, "You've become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven't seen anything yet!
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Jesus said, “You believebecause I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.”
51 Before this is over you're going to see heaven open and God's angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again."
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He then added, “Very truly I tell you,youwill see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’the Son of Man.”
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