On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining—this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”

Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

Jesus answered, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

Andrew’s Declaration

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated Christ).

Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

The Calling of More Disciples

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

Jesus said to him, “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

He continued, “I tell all of you the solemn truth—you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Turning Water into Wine

Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

Jesus replied, “Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.”

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!”

Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Cleansing the Temple

After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables.