John 1:28-43

²⁸These things happened in Bithabara, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him and says: “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

³⁰This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is now ahead of me, because He existed before I did.’

³¹I did not know Him; but so that He should be revealed to Israel, that is why I came baptizing with water.”

³²And John testified saying: “I observed the Spirit coming down like a dove out of heaven, and He rested upon Him.

³³Now I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, ‘The One upon whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting—this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

³⁴So I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

³⁵Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples.

³⁶And seeing Jesus walking by, he says, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

³⁷The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸So turning and observing them following Jesus says to them, “What do you want?” So they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which translated means ‘Teacher’), “where are You staying?”

³⁹He says to them, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where He was staying, and stayed with Him that day—it was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰One of the two who heard John and followed Him was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

⁴¹He first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated ‘Christ’).

⁴²And he led him to Jesus. Looking at him Jesus said, “You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated ‘Stone’).

⁴³The next day He decided to go to Galilee, so He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow me.”