Scripture
John
1:43-51 (NRSV)
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found
Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.’
44 Now Philip
was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found
Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses
in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from
Nazareth.’
46 Nathanael said
to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ Philip
said to him, ‘Come and see.’
47 When Jesus
saw Nathanael coming towards him, he said of him, ‘Here is
truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!’
48 Nathanael asked
him, ‘Where did you come to know me?’ Jesus answered,
‘I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.’
49 Nathanael replied,
‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!’
50 Jesus answered,
‘Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the
fig tree? You will see greater things than these.’
51 And he said
to him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.’
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