John 1:43-51

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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³^(A)The next day Jesus decided ^(B)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴Now ^(C)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found ^(D)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^(E)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^(F)of Nazareth, ^(G)the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, ^(H)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ^(I)an Israelite indeed, ^(J)in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, “How ^(K)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, ^(L)“Rabbi, ^(M)you are the Son of God! You are the ^(N)King of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,^[a] you will see ^(O)heaven opened, and ^(P)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(Q)the Son of Man.”

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John 1:51 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verse

Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

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From Dust to Dust

¹⁶Moreover, ^(A)I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even ^(B)there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. ¹⁷I said in my heart, ^(C)God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is ^(D)a time for every matter and for every work. ¹⁸I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but ^(E)beasts. ¹⁹^(F)For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.^[a] ²⁰All go to one place. All are from ^(G)the dust, and to dust all return. ²¹Who knows whether ^(H)the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? ²²So I saw that there is ^(I)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for ^(J)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see ^(K)what will be after him?