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34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
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You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
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The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 What manner of saying is this that he said,Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: andwhere I am, thither ye cannot come?
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What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying,If any man thirst, let him come unto 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 that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly 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 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that 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 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is 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, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
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Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, 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 because of him.
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Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
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Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
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