John 7:43-53

43 So ¹a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

44 ²Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

45 The ³officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why * did you not bring Him?"

46 The ⁴officers answered, "⁵Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."

47 The Pharisees then answered them, "⁶You have not also been led astray, have you?

48 "⁷No one of ⁸the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

49 "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."

50 ⁹Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them,

51 "¹⁰Our Law does not judge a man unless * it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"

52 They answered him, "¹¹You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

53 [Everyone went to his home.

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[a]. Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11