John 7:34–44

³⁴You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”^t

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^u among the Greeks,^v 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’?”^w

³⁷On the last and greatest day of the festival,^x Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.^{y 38}Whoever believes^z in me, as Scripture has said,^a rivers of living water^b will flow from within them.”^{cc 39}By this he meant the Spirit,^d whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^e Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^f

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

⁴¹Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?^{h 42}Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendantsⁱ and from Bethlehem,^j the town where David lived?” ⁴³Thus the people were divided^k because of Jesus. ⁴⁴Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.^l