Disciples introduce others to Jesus

³⁵Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples. ³⁶Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ³⁷When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ³⁸Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, “What do you want?” So they said to him, “Rabbi” (which is translated Teacher), “where are you staying?” ³⁹Jesus answered, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ). ⁴²Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

⁴³On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”