John 1:43

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

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  • Matt 4:18-21 : 18 The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen). 19 He said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!” 20 They left their nets immediately and followed him. 21 Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Then he called them.
  • Matt 9:9 : 9 The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.
  • John 14:8 : 8 Philip said,“Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.”
  • John 6:5 : 5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”
  • John 6:7 : 7 Philip replied,“Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.”
  • John 12:21 : 21 So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
  • Matt 10:3 : 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
  • Isa 65:1 : 1 The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love because he loved us first.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
  • John 1:28 : 28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.
  • John 1:35 : 35 Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.
  • Phil 3:12 : 12 Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:44-46
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    44(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)

    45Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    46Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”

  • John 12:21-22
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    21So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

    22Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.

  • John 1:35-42
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    35Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

    36Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said,“Look, the Lamb of God!”

    37When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

    38Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them,“What do you want?” So they said to him,“Rabbi”(which is translated Teacher),“where are you staying?”

    39Jesus 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.

    40Andrew’s Declaration Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus.

    41He first found his own brother Simon and told him,“We have found the Messiah!”(which is translated Christ).

    42Andrew 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).

  • Matt 4:18-22
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    18The Call of the Disciples As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon(called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).

    19He said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!”

    20They left their nets immediately and followed him.

    21Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Then he called them.

    22They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

  • Mark 1:16-20
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    16As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea(for they were fishermen).

    17Jesus said to them,“Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!”

    18They left their nets immediately and followed him.

    19Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.

    20Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

  • Mark 1:36-38
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    36Simon and his companions searched for him.

    37When they found him, they said,“Everyone is looking for you.”

    38He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”

  • Mark 2:13-14
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    13The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them.

    14As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

  • Luke 5:27-28
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    27The Call of Levi; Eating with Sinners After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him.

    28And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind.

  • Acts 8:35
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    35So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.

  • Matt 9:9
    75%

    9The Call of Matthew; Eating with Sinners As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth.“Follow me,” he said to him. So he got up and followed him.

  • Luke 5:11
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    11So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

  • John 21:19
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    19(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter,“Follow me.”

  • John 4:43
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    43Onward to Galilee After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.

  • Luke 6:14
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    14Simon(whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

  • John 6:5
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    5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • John 1:48
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    48Nathanael asked him,“How do you know me?” Jesus replied,“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

  • Acts 8:29-31
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    29Then the Spirit said to Philip,“Go over and join this chariot.”

    30So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”

    31The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

  • Mark 3:13
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    13Appointing the Twelve Apostles Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

  • John 13:36
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    36Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

  • Acts 8:5
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    5Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them.

  • Mark 1:29
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    29Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

  • John 21:2-3
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    2Simon Peter, Thomas(called Didymus), Nathanael(who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together.

    3Simon Peter told them,“I am going fishing.”“We will go with you,” they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

  • Luke 9:57
    71%

    57Challenging Professed Followers As they were walking along the road, someone said to him,“I will follow you wherever you go.”

  • Mark 3:7
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    7Crowds by the Sea Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea,

  • John 6:22
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    22The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.