One of his disciples, (A)Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

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40 (A)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[a] was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found (B)the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (C)John. You shall be called (D)Cephas” (which means (E)Peter[b]).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 (F)The next day Jesus decided (G)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now (H)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:40 Greek him
  2. John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

18 (A)While walking by (B)the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

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