John 7:33-44

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³³Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,^(A) and then I am going to the one who sent me.^(B) ³⁴You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”^(C)

³⁵The 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^(D) among the Greeks,^(E) and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”^(F)

³⁷On the last and greatest day of the festival,^(G) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.^(H) ³⁸Whoever believes^(I) in me, as Scripture has said,^(J) rivers of living water^(K) will flow from within them.”^[a]^(L) ³⁹By this he meant the Spirit,^(M) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^(N) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^(O)

⁴⁰On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”^(P)

⁴¹Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?^(Q) ⁴²Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants^(R) and from Bethlehem,^(S) the town where David lived?” ⁴³Thus the people were divided^(T) because of Jesus. ⁴⁴Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.^(U)

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John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink ³⁸who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

Psalm 104:1-18

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Psalm 104

¹Praise the Lord, my soul.^(A)

Lord my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with splendor and majesty.^(B)

²The Lord wraps^(C) himself in light^(D) as with a garment;
    he stretches^(E) out the heavens^(F) like a tent^(G)
³    and lays the beams^(H) of his upper chambers on their waters.^(I)
He makes the clouds^(J) his chariot^(K)
    and rides on the wings of the wind.^(L)
⁴He makes winds his messengers,^[a]^(M)
    flames of fire^(N) his servants.

⁵He set the earth^(O) on its foundations;^(P)
    it can never be moved.
⁶You covered it^(Q) with the watery depths^(R) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(S) above the mountains.
⁷But at your rebuke^(T) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(U) they took to flight;
⁸they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(V) for them.
⁹You set a boundary^(W) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁰He makes springs^(X) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
¹¹They give water^(Y) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys^(Z) quench their thirst.
¹²The birds of the sky^(AA) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.^(AB)
¹³He waters the mountains^(AC) from his upper chambers;^(AD)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.^(AE)
¹⁴He makes grass grow^(AF) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food^(AG) from the earth:
¹⁵wine^(AH) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil^(AI) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains^(AJ) their hearts.
¹⁶The trees of the Lord^(AK) are well watered,
    the cedars of Lebanon^(AL) that he planted.
¹⁷There the birds^(AM) make their nests;
    the stork has its home in the junipers.
¹⁸The high mountains belong to the wild goats;^(AN)
    the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.^(AO)