²⁴ And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

⁴⁰ But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

²⁸ So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(A)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ^(A)the Messiah” (which means Christ). ⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^(B)John. You shall be called ^(C)Cephas” (which means ^(D)Peter^[a]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

^43 (E)The next day Jesus decided ^(F)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴ Now ^(G)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip found ^(H)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^(I)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^(J)of Nazareth, ^(K)the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, ^(L)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ^(M)an Israelite indeed, ^(N)in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, “How ^(O)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹ Nathanael answered him, ^(P)“Rabbi, ^(Q)you are the Son of God! You are the ^(R)King of Israel!”

The Word Became Flesh

1 ^(A)In the beginning was ^(B)the Word, and ^(C)the Word was with God, and ^(D)the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ^3 (E)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

²⁹ And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ^(A)of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

¹⁹ And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and ^(A)tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” ²⁰ And he went away and began to proclaim in ^(B)the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

Jesus Calls Matthew

^9 (A)As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ^(B)Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

¹⁰ And as Jesus^[a] reclined at table in the house, behold, many ^(C)tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples.

²⁰ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. ²¹ The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ^(A)‘Let us go at once ^(B)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ ^22 (C)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and ^(D)to entreat the favor of the Lord. ²³ Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ^(E)ten men ^(F)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for ^(G)we have heard that God is with you.’”