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32 Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending
like a dove from heaven and resting upon him . 33 I didn’t
know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize
with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the
Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with
the Holy Spirit .’ 34 I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify
that he is the Chosen One of God .*”
The First Disciples
35 The following day John was again standing with two
of his disciples . 36As Jesus walked by, John looked at
him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!”
37 When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed
Jesus .
38 Jesus looked around and saw them following . “What
do you want?” he asked them .
They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where
are you staying?”
39 “Come and see,” he said . It was about four o’clock
in the afternoon when they went with him to the place
where he was staying, and they remained with him the
rest of the day .
40Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men
who heard what John said and then followed Jesus . 41Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We
have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”*) .
42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus . Looking
intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son
of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means
“Peter”*) .
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee . He found
Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me .” 44 Philip was
from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown .
45 Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We
have found the very person Moses* and the prophets
wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from
Nazareth .”
46 “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael . “Can anything
good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied .
47As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity .”
48 “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked .
Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before
Philip found you .”
49 Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son
of God—the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I
told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see
greater things than this .” 51 Then he said, “I tell you the
truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God
going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is
the stairway between heaven and earth .*”
The Wedding at Cana
The next day* there was a wedding celebration in the
village of Cana in Galilee . Jesus’ mother was there,
2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration . 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities,
so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine .”
4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied .
“My time has not yet come .”
5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he
tells you .”
6 Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for
Jewish ceremonial washing . Each could hold twenty to
thirty gallons .* 7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with
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