Font Size
John 7:19-39
New King James Version
John 7:19-39
New King James Version
19 (A)Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? (B)Why do you seek to kill Me?”
20 The people answered and said, (C)“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”
21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 (D)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, (E)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because (F)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 (G)Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
Could This Be the Christ?
25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to (H)kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. (I)Do the rulers know indeed that this is [a]truly the Christ? 27 (J)However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, (K)“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and (L)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me (M)is true, (N)whom you do not know. 29 [b]But (O)I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 Therefore (P)they sought to take Him; but (Q)no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And (R)many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
Jesus and the Religious Leaders
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. 33 Then Jesus said [c]to them, (S)“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I (T)go to Him who sent Me. 34 You (U)will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you (V)cannot come.”
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to (W)the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
37 (X)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (Y)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (Z)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (AA)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (AB)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [d]believing in Him would receive; for the [e]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (AC)glorified.
Read full chapter
John 7:19-39
New International Version
John 7:19-39
New International Version
19 Has not Moses given you the law?(A) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(B)
20 “You are demon-possessed,”(C) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(D) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(E) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(F) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(G)
Division Over Who Jesus Is
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(H) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(I) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(J) 27 But we know where this man is from;(K) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(L) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(M) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(N) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(O) because I am from him and he sent me.”(P)
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(Q) because his hour had not yet come.(R) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(S) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(T) than this man?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(U) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(V) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(W)
35 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(X) among the Greeks,(Y) and teach the Greeks? 36 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’?”(Z)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AA) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AB) 38 Whoever believes(AC) in me, as Scripture has said,(AD) rivers of living water(AE) will flow from within them.”[a](AF) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AG) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(AH) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(AI)
Footnotes
- John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.