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37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
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On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
38 He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'"
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Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet."
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On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
41 Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee?
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Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
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Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
43 So there was a division among the people over him.
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Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
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Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
45 The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"
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Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46 The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"
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“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
47 The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also?
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“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
48 Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?
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“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
49 But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed."
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No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Nicode'mus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,
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Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked,
51 "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?"
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“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52 They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee."
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They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
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