On the next day, Jesus desired to go out into Galilee. And He finds Philip, and says to him, Follow Me!
I have been sought, not by those who asked. I have been found, not by those who sought Me. To a nation not calling on My name, I said, Behold Me! Behold Me!
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbaeus, whose last name was Thaddaeus,
But Jesus hearing that John was given over, He withdrew into Galilee.
But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead.
And passing from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. And rising up, he followed Him.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the thing having been lost.
These things took place in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
On the next day, John sees Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold! The Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world!
Again on the next day, John and two from his disciples stood.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and of Peter.
Then these people came to Philip, the one from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they asked him, saying, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.
And Philip says to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.
This beginning of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee and revealed His glory, and His disciples believed into Him.
Then Jesus lifting up His eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to Him, He said to Philip, From where may we buy bread that these may eat?
Philip answered Him, Bread for two hundred denarii are not enough for them, that each of them may receive a little.
Not that I already received or already have been perfected, but I pursue, if I also may lay hold, inasmuch as I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
We love Him because He first loved us.