John Chapter 1

John said, "I baptize in water." The One who is standing among you, whom you don't know, the one moving behind me, whose sandal lace I am unworthy to untie." These events took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day, Jesus was approaching John, and he proclaimed, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world! This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he existed before me.' Even though I didn't know him personally, I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel."

John also testified, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself didn't know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."

The following day, John saw Jesus walking by, and two of his disciples were with him. John said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" Jesus turned and saw them following him, and he asked, "What are you seeking?" They replied, "Rabbi, where are you staying?" Jesus said to them, "Come and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Jesus. Andrew found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah." He brought Simon to Jesus. When Jesus saw Simon, he said, "You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Cephas."

The next day, Simon departed for the city of Galilee. Jesus found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets also wrote about him—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael questioned, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip invited him, saying, "Come and see."

As Nathanael approached Jesus, Jesus said, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!" 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." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

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