Old Testament (NKJV)

The Book of Job Chapter 17:1-16

"My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

Are not mockers with me?
And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?

"Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who will shake hands with me?

For You have hidden their heart from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.

He who speaks flattery to his friends,
Even the eyes of his children will fail.

"But He has made me a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.

My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.

Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

Yet the righteous will hold to his way,
And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

"But please, come back again, all of you,
For I shall not find one wise man among you.

My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the thoughts of my heart.

They change the night into day;
'The light is near,' they say, in the face of darkness.

If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,

If I say to corruption, 'You are my father,'
And to the worm, 'You are my mother and my sister,'

Where then is my hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?

Will they go down to the gates of Sheol?
Shall we have rest together in the dust?"

New Testament (NKJV)

The Gospel According to John Chapter 1:29-35-43-51

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.' I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."

Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), "where are You staying?" He said to them, "Come and see." They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour). One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone).

The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these." And He said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."