John 7:34–44

³⁴You ^owill seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^pcannot come.”

³⁵Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^qthe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

Christ Reveals the “Living Water”

^37rOn the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^s“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. ^38tHe who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ^uout of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” ^39vBut this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those ⁷believing in Him would receive; for the ⁸Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^wglorified.

Israel is Divided over Christ

⁴⁰Therefore ⁹many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is ^xthe Prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is ^ythe Christ.”

But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? ^42zHas not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, ^awhere David was?” ⁴³So ^bthere was a division among the people because of Him. ⁴⁴Now ^csome of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.