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38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
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Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
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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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 the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.”
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On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?
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Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can 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.”
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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 the crowd was divided about him.
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Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
44 Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him.
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Some wanted to seize him, 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?”
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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 “We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.
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“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
47 “Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.
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“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted.
48 “Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?
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“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
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