The Daily Audio Bible

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!

³⁰ “This is He of Whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man Who is in front of me. For He was before me.

³¹ And I knew Him not. But that He may be declared to Israel, I have come, baptizing with water.”

³² So John bore witness, saying, “I have seen the Spirit come down from Heaven like a dove, and it stayed upon Him.

³³ “And I knew Him not. But He who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, ‘Upon Whom you shall see the Spirit coming down and staying, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Ghost.’

³⁴ “And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

³⁵ The next day, John stood again, along with two of his disciples.

³⁶ And he saw Jesus walking by, and said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak and followed Jesus.

³⁸ Then Jesus turned around, and saw them follow, and said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to Him, “Rabbi, (which is to say by interpretation, ‘Master’) where are You staying?”

³⁹ He said to them, “Come, and see.” They came and saw where He dwelt and stayed with Him that day. For it was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who had heard John and followed him.

⁴¹ He found his brother Simon first, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (Who is by interpretation, the Christ)

⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas.” (which is by interpretation, Rock)

⁴³ The following day, Jesus wished to go into Galilee. And He found Philip, and said to him, “Follow me.”

⁴⁴ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law and the Prophets – Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph!”

⁴⁶ Then Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, indeed an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”

⁴⁸ Nathanael said to Him, “From where do You know me? Jesus answered, and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, and said to Him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

⁵⁰ Jesus answered, and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree’, you believe? You shall see greater things than these.”

⁵¹ And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see Heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”