¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him ^(A)will never thirst—ever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to ^(B)eternal life.”

³⁷ Now on ^(A)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^[a](B)If anyone is thirsty, ^[b]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(C)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[c]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(D)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He spoke ^(E)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for ^(F)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(G)glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(H)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[d]Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(I)No, for is the ^[e]Christ going to come from Galilee? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(J)the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(K)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. ^44 (L)Some of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(M)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(N)officers answered, “^(O)Never has a man spoken like this!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(P)Have you also been led astray? ^48 (Q)Have any of ^(R)the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” ^50 (S)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(T)Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” ⁵² They answered him, “^(U)Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ^53 [f][Everyone went to his home.

¹⁷ for the Lamb at the center of the throne will ^(A)shepherd them and will guide them to springs of the ^[a](B)water of life. And ^(C)God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”

⁶ Then He said to me, “^(A)They are done. I am the ^(B)Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. ^(C)I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the ^(D)water of life without cost.

The River and the Tree of Life

22 Then ^(A)he showed me a ^(B)river of the ^(C)water of life, bright ^(D)as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of ^[a]the Lamb,

¹⁷ And the ^(A)Spirit and the ^(B)bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And ^(C)let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who wishes receive the ^(D)water of life without cost.