The first disciples
35On the following day John was standing there again with two of his disciples. 36As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and said: 
—There is the Lamb of God. 
37On hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. 38He turned and saw them following, and he said to them: 
—What are you looking for? 
They answered: 
—Rabbi (which means Master), where are you staying? 
 39Jesus said:
—Come and see. 
So they went and saw where he stayed and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
40Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard what John had said and followed Jesus. 41Early the next morning he found his brother Simon and said to him: 
—We have found the Messiah (which means the Christ).
 42And he brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said: 
—You are Simon, son of John, but you shall be called Cephas (which means Rock).
43The next day, Jesus decided to set off for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him: 
—Follow me. 
44Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip found Nathanael and said to him: 
—We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the Law, and the prophets as well: he is Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.
46Nathanael replied: 
—Can anything good come from Nazareth? 
Philip said to him: 
—Come and see. 
47When Jesus saw Nathanael coming, he said of him: 
—Here comes an Israelite, a true one; there is nothing false in him. 
48Nathanael asked him: 
—How do you know me? 
And Jesus said to him: 
—Before Philip called you, you were under the fig tree and I saw you.
49Nathanael answered: 
—Master, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel! 
50But Jesus replied: 
—You believe because I said: ‘I saw you under the fig tree.’ But you will see greater things than that. 51Truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

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