¹² And ^(A)there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. ^(B)Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.”

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not ^[a]keep the Sabbath.”

Others said, ^(A)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^(B)there was a division among them.

Who Is He?

⁴⁰ Therefore ^[a]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^(A)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(B)the Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? ^42 (C)Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, ^(D)where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(E)there was a division among the people because of Him.

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived?

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.

¹⁴ Do all things ^(A)without ^[a]complaining and ^(B)disputing,^[b]

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

²⁴ For he was a good man, ^(A)full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. ^(B)And a great many people were added to the Lord.

¹⁹ Therefore ^(A)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰ And many of them said, ^(B)“He has a demon and is ^[a]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ^(C)Can a demon ^(D)open the eyes of the blind?”