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JOHN 8
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“How does he know so much when he hasn’t
been trained?” they asked.
16 So Jesus told them, “My message is not my
own; it comes from God who sent me. 17 Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know
whether my teaching is from God or is merely
my own. 18 Those who speak for themselves
want glory only for themselves, but a person
who seeks to honor the one who sent him
speaks truth, not lies. 19 Moses gave you the law,
but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying
to kill me.”
20 The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed. 22 But you work on
the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of
circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began with the patriarchs, long before
the law of Moses.) 23 For if the correct time for
circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you
go ahead and do it so as not to break the law of
Moses. So why should you be angry with me for
healing a man on the Sabbath? 24 Look beneath
the surface so you can judge correctly.”
35 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this
statement. “Where is he planning 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
37 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.)
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 Messiah.” 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!”
Is Jesus the Messiah?
25 Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem
started to ask each other, “Isn’t this the man
they are trying to kill? 26 But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him.
Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the
Messiah? 27 But how could he be? For we know
where this man comes from. When the Messiah
comes, he will simply appear; no one will know
where he comes from.”
28 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he
called out, “Yes, you know me, and you know
where I come from. But I’m not here on my own.
The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know
him. 29 But I know him because I come from him,
and he sent me to you.” 30 Then the leaders tried
to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him,
because his time* had not yet come.
31 Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. “After all,” they said, “would you
expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs
than this man has done?”
32 When the Pharisees heard that the crowds
were whispering such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.
33 But Jesus told them, “I will be with you only
a little longer. Then I will return to the one who
sent me. 34 You will search for me but not find
me. And you cannot go where I am going.”
53 Then the meeting broke up, and everybody
went home.
7:30 Greek his hour. 7:35 Or the Jews who live among the
Greeks? 7:37-38 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 4:5-6. 7:42 See Mic 5:2. 7:52 Some manuscripts read the
prophet does not come.
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
[The most ancient Greek manuscripts
do not include John 7:53–8:11.]
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