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one who sent me. 34 You will search for me but not find me. And you cannot
go where I am going.”
35 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he plan
ning to go?” they asked. “Is he thinking of leaving the country and going to
the Jews in other lands?* Maybe he will even teach the Greeks! 36 What does
he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You
cannot go where I am going’?”
Jesus Promises Living Water
On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the
crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in
me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water
will flow from his heart.’”* 39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking
of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit
had not yet been given,* because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
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Division and Unbelief
40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this
man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”* 41 Others said, “He is the Mes
siah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal
line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.”* 43 So
the crowd was divided about him. 44 Some even wanted him arrested, but no
one laid a hand on him.
45 When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the
leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.
47 “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked. 48 “Is there a
single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him? 49 This foolish crowd
follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God’s curse is on them!”
50 Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.
51 “Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked.
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see
for yourself—no prophet ever comes* from Galilee!”
[The most ancient Greek manuscripts do not include John 7:53–8:11.]
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Then the meeting broke up, and everybody went home.
A Woman Caught in Adultery
Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he
was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down
and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the
Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They
put her in front of the crowd.
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7:35 Or the Jews who live among the Greeks?
7:3738 Or “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and
drink. 38For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of anyone who believes
in me.’”
7:39 Several early manuscripts read But as yet there was no Spirit. Still others read But as
yet there was no Holy Spirit.
7:40 See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:56. 7:42 See Mic 5:2. 7:52 Some
manuscripts read the prophet does not come.
