Good News Translation GNT
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43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Come with me!
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The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 (Philip was from Bethsaida, the town where Andrew and Peter lived.)
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Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He is Jesus son of Joseph, 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 "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Nathanael asked. "Come and see," answered Philip.
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“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, "Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!"
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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 asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you when you were under the fig tree before Philip called you."
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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 "Teacher," answered Nathanael, "you are the Son of God! You are 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, "Do you believe just because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than this!"
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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 And he said to them, "I am telling you the truth: you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man."
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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.”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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