John 7:11-52

New American Standard Bible

^11 (A)So the Jews ^(B)were looking for Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” ¹² And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: ^(C)some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people.” ¹³ However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for ^(D)fear of ^[a]the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to ^(E)teach. ^15 (F)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^(G)become learned, not having been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, “^(H)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. ^17 (I)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself. ¹⁸ The one who speaks from himself ^(J)seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

¹⁹ “^(K)Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you ^(L)seeking to kill Me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, “^(M)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(N)one ^[b]deed, and you all are astonished. ²² For this reason ^(O)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from ^(P)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man. ^23 (Q)If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath? ²⁴ Do not ^(R)judge by the outward appearance, but judge ^[c]with righteous judgment.”

²⁵ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this man not the one whom they are seeking to kill? ²⁶ And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(S)The rulers do not really know that this is the ^[d]Christ, do they? ²⁷ However, ^(T)we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” ²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(U)teaching and saying, “^(V)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and ^(W)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. ^29 (X)I do know Him, because ^(Y)I am from Him, and ^(Z)He sent Me.” ³⁰ So they ^(AA)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His ^(AB)hour had not yet come. ³¹ But ^(AC)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^(AD)When the ^[e]Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[f](AE)signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(AF)officers to ^(AG)arrest Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(AH)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then ^(AI)I am going to Him who sent Me. ^34 (AJ)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^35 (AK)The Jews then said to one another, “^(AL)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to ^(AM)the Dispersion among ^(AN)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(AO)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(AP)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^(AQ)If anyone is thirsty, ^[g]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ The one who believes in Me, ^(AR)as the Scripture said, ‘^[h]From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(AS)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He said ^(AT)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(AU)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(AV)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(AW)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[i]Christ.” But others were saying, “^(AX)Surely the ^[j]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(AY)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(AZ)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ And ^(BA)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(BB)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(BC)officers answered, “^(BD)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(BE)You have not been led astray too, have you? ^48 (BF)Not one of ^(BG)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹ But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ^50 (BH)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(BI)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered and said to him, “^(BJ)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”