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The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, ^(au)the Lamb of God who ^(av)takes away the sin of the world!

This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘^(aw)After me comes a Man who ^[t]has a higher rank than I, ^(ax)for He existed before me.'

I did not recognize ^[u]Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ^[v]in water."

John ^(ay)testified saying, "^(az)I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

I did not recognize ^[w]Him, but He who sent me to baptize ^[x]in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^(ba)this is the One who baptizes ^[y]in the Holy Spirit.'

I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^(bb)the Son of God."

Again ^(bc)the next day John was standing ^[z]with two of his disciples,

and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, "Behold, ^(bd)the Lamb of God!"

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "^(be)Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?"

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 ^[aa]tenth hour.

^(bf)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, "We have found the ^(bg)Messiah" (which translated means ^[ab]Christ).

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of ^[ac](bh)John; you shall be called ^(bi)Cephas" (which is translated ^[ad](bj)Peter).

^(bk)The next day He purposed to go into ^(bl)Galilee, and He *found ^(bm)Philip. And Jesus *said to him, "^(bn)Follow Me."

Now ^(bo)Philip was from ^(bp)Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

^(bq)Philip *found ^(br)Nathanael and *said to him, "We have found Him of whom ^(bs)Moses in the Law and also ^(bt)the Prophets wrote—Jesus of ^(bu)Nazareth, ^(bv)the son of Joseph."

Nathanael said to him, "^(bw)Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ^(bx)Philip *said to him, "Come and see."

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, "Behold, an ^(by)Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

Nathanael *said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before ^(bz)Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

Nathanael answered Him, "^(ca)Rabbi, You are ^(cb)the Son of God; You are the ^(cc)King of Israel."

Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that 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 ^(cd)the heavens opened and ^(ce)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(cf)the Son of Man."