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The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.
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(Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.)
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Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."
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"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" replied Nathanael. "Come and see," said Philip.
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Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"
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"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."
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"Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"
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"Because I said to you, `I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."
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"I tell you all in most solemn truth," He added, "that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man."