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32-33 Then John said, “I did not know who the Christ was. But God sent me to baptize with water. And God told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. That man is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’” John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven. The Spirit looked like a dove and rested on him. 34 I have seen this happen. So I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.’”[a]

The First Followers of Jesus

35 The next day John[b] was there again with two of his followers.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:34 the Son of God Some Greek copies read “God’s Chosen One.”
  2. 1:35 John John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3; Luke 3).

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