Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael (JHN 1:43-51)

[1:43] The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

[1:44] Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

[1:45] Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

[1:46] Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

[1:47] Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

[1:48] Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

[1:49] Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

[1:50] Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

[1:51] And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

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