John 1:19-31

Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in
Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not
the Messiah." They asked him, "Then who are you? Are
you Elijah?"He said, "I am not.""Are you the Prophet?"He
answered, "No." Finally they said, "Who are you? Give
us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What
do you say about yourself?" John replied in the words of
Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the
wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'" Now
the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, "Why
then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah,
nor the Prophet?" "I baptize with water," John replied,
"but among you stands one you do not know. He is the
one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am
not worthy to untie." This all happened at Bethany on the
other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 1:29-31

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 I meant when
I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed
me because he was before me.' I myself did not
know him, but the reason I came baptizing with
water was that he might be revealed to Israel."

John 1:32-34

Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit
come down from heaven as a dove and remain on
him. And I myself did not know him, but the one
who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The
man on whom you see the Spirit come down and
remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy
Spirit.' I have seen and I testify that this is God's
Chosen One."

John 1:35-42

The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb
of God!" When the two disciples heard him say this, they
followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following
and asked, "What do you want?"They said, "Rabbi" (which
means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?" "Come," he
replied, "and you will see."So they went and saw where he
was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about
four in the afternoon. Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was
one of the two who heard what John had said and who had
followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his
brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah"
(that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.Jesus
looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You
will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter).

John 1:43-51

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,
he said to him, "Follow me." Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was
from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told
him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,
and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph." "Nazareth! Can anything good come from
there?" Nathanael asked."Come and see," said Philip. When
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly
is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit." "How do you know
me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you
were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Then
Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the
king of Israel." Jesus said, "You believe because I told you I saw
you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that."
He then added, "Very truly I tell you, you will see 'heaven open,
and the angels of God ascending and descending on' the Son of
Man."

John 2:1-12

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother
was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the
wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They
have no more wine." "Woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied.
"My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do
whatever he tells you." Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind
used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to
thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so
they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out
and take it to the master of the banquet."They did so, and the master
of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He
did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had
drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,
"Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine
after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the
best till now." What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of
the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed
in him. After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and
brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.