Jesus Calls the First Disciples
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,
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and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold,
1the Lamb of God! ”
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The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
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Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them,
2“What are you seeking? ”And they said to him,
3“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying? ”
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He 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 tenth hour.
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4One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
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He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found
5the Messiah” (which means Christ).
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He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of
6John. You shall be called
7Cephas”(which means
8Peter).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 9The next day Jesus decided
10to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me. ”
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Now
11Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found
12Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom
13Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus
14of Nazareth,
15the son of Joseph. ”
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Nathanael said to him,
16“Can anything good come out of Nazareth? ” Philip said to him, “Come and see. ”
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Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold,
17an Israelite indeed,
18in whom there is no deceit! ”
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Nathanael said to him, “How
19do you know me? ” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. ”
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Nathanael answered him,
20“Rabbi,
21you are the Son of God! You are the
22King of Israel! ”
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Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree, ’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these. ”
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And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see
23heaven opened, and
24the angels of God ascending and descending on
25the Son of Man. ”