^4 (A)In Him was life, and ^(B)the life was the light of men.

¹² But ^(A)as many as received Him, to them He gave the ^[a]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: ^13 (B)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁷ Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become ^(A)fishers of men.” ^18 (B)They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

The First Disciples

³⁵ Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. ³⁶ And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, ^(A)“Behold the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ The two disciples heard him speak, and they ^(B)followed Jesus. ³⁸ Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”

³⁹ He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).