John 1:29-51
Christian Standard Bible
The Lamb of God
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(A) who takes away the sin(B) of the world! 30 This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ 31 I didn’t know him,(C) but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed(D) to Israel.” 32 And John testified, “I saw the Spirit(E) descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.(F) 33 I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on—he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’(G) 34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”[a](H)
35 The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. 38 When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them, “What are you looking for?”
They said to him, “Rabbi”(I) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come and you’ll see,” he replied. So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about four in the afternoon.[b]
40 Andrew,(J) Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”[c](K) (which is translated “the Christ”),(L) 42 and he brought Simon to Jesus.
When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John.[d] You will be called Cephas”(M) (which is translated “Peter”[e]).
Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus[f] decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip(N) and told him, “Follow me.”
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida,(O) the hometown of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael(P) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets(Q)): Jesus the son of Joseph,(R) from Nazareth.”(S)
46 “Can anything good(T) come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him.
“Come and see,” Philip answered.
47 Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Here truly is an Israelite(U) in whom there is no deceit.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.
49 “Rabbi,”(V) Nathanael replied, “You are the Son(W) of God; you are the King of Israel!” (X)
50 Jesus responded to him, “Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” 51 Then he said, “Truly I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God(Y) ascending and descending(Z) on the Son of Man.”(AA)
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Deuteronomy 18:15-18
Christian Standard Bible
15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers.(A) You must listen to him. 16 This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’ (B) 17 Then the Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
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Isaiah 53:7-12
Christian Standard Bible
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
he did not open his mouth.(A)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment,
and who considered his fate?[a]
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
but he was with a rich man at his death,(B)
because he had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(C)
10 Yet the Lord was pleased(D) to crush him severely.[b](E)
When[c] you make him a guilt offering,(F)
he will see his seed, he will prolong his days,
and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.(G)
11 After his anguish,
he will see light[d] and be satisfied.
By his knowledge,
my righteous(H) servant(I) will justify many,(J)
and he will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him[e] the many as a portion,
and he will receive[f] the mighty as spoil,
because he willingly submitted to death,(K)
and was counted among the rebels;(L)
yet he bore the sin of many(M)
and interceded for the rebels.(N)
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