John 1:35-42

New Century Version

The First Followers of Jesus

³⁵ The next day John^[a] was there again with two of his followers. ³⁶ When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”^[b]

³⁷ The two followers heard John say this, so they followed Jesus. ³⁸ When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he asked, “What are you looking for?”

They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” (“Rabbi” means “Teacher.”)

³⁹ He answered, “Come and see.” So the two men went with Jesus and saw where he was staying and stayed there with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

⁴⁰ One of the two men who followed Jesus after they heard John speak about him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹ The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ.”)

⁴² Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.”^[c])