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   17 (Jn 8:43; 8:31-32) If any man desires to do His will,   
   he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether   
   I speak on My own authority.   
   18 (Jn 5:41) He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory.   
   But He who seeks the glory of Him who sent Him is true,   
   and no unrighteousness is in Him.   
   19 (Jn 1:17; Mt 12:14) Did Moses not give you the law,   
   and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"   
   20 (Jn 8:48; 10:20) The people answered and said,   
   "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?"   
   21 Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel.   
   22 (Lev 12:3; Ge 17:10-14) Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision,   
   you circumcise a man on the Sabbath day (although it did not come from Moses,   
   but from the Patriarchs).   
   23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath day, so that the Law of Moses   
   should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I completely healed a man on   
   the Sabbath day?   
   24 (Jn 8:15; Dt 1:16-17) Do not judge according to appearance, but practice   
   righteous judgment."   
      
   [10] But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the   
   feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.   
   [11] Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?   
   [12] And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for   
   some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.   
   [13] Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.   
   [14] Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and   
   taught.   
   [15] And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having   
   never learned?   
   [16] Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that   
   sent me.   
   [17] If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it   
   be of God, or whether I speak of myself.   
   [18] He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh   
   his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.   
   [19] Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?   
   Why go ye about to kill me?   
   [20] The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to   
   kill thee?   
   [21] Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all   
   marvel.   
   [22] Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of   
   Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.   
   [23] If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses   
   should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every   
   whit whole on the sabbath day?   
   [24] Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.   
      
   Is He the Christ?   
      
   25 Then some of them from Jerusalem said,   
   "Is this not He whom they seek to kill?   
   26 (Jn 7:48) Look! He speaks publicly, and they say nothing to Him.   
   Do the rulers indeed know that this is really the Christ?   
   27 (Jn 6:42; Lk 4:22) But we know where this Man is from.   
   When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from."   
   28 (Jn 8:42; 7:14) Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out,   
   "You know Me and you likewise know where I am from. I have not come on   
   My own authority, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.   
   29 (Jn 8:55; Mt 11:27) But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."   
   30 (Jn 10:39; 7:6) So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him,   
   because His hour had not yet come.   
   31 (Jn 12:42; Mt 12:23) Still, many of the people believed in Him and said,   
   "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs   
   than these which this Man has done?"   
      
   [25] Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to   
   kill?   
   [26] But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the   
   rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?   
   [27] Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man   
   knoweth whence he is.   
   [28] Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me,   
   and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is   
   true, whom ye know not.   
   [29] But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.   
   [30] Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his   
   hour was not yet come.   
   [31] And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh,   
   will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?   
      
   Officials Sent to Arrest Jesus   
      
   32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning Him.   
   So the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.   
   33 (Jn 13:33; 16:5) Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you   
   a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.   
   34 You will look for Me and you will not find Me. And where I am,   
   you cannot come."   
   35 (Jas 1:1; 1Pe 1:1) The Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend   
   to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion   
   among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?   
   36 (Jn 7:34) What kind of saying is this which He said,   
   'You will look for Me and you will not find Me.   
   And where I am, you cannot come'?"   
      
   [32] The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning   
   him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.   
   [33] Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I   
   go unto him that sent me.   
   [34] Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye   
   cannot come.   
   [35] Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall   
   not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach   
   the Gentiles?   
   [36] What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall   
   not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?   
      
   Rivers of Living Water   
      
   37 (Isa 55:1; Lev 23:36; Nu 29:35) On the last and greatest day of the feast,   
   Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty,   
   let him come to Me and drink.   
   38 (Isa 58:11; Jn 4:14) He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said,   
   out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water."   
   39 (Ac 2:17; Joel 2:28; Ac 2:33) By this He spoke of the Spirit,   
   whom those who believe in Him would receive. For the Holy Spirit   
   was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.   
      
   [37] In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried,   
   saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.   
   [38] He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly   
   shall flow rivers of living water.   
   [39] (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should   
   receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not   
   yet glorified.)   
      
   Division Among the People   
      
   40 (Mt 21:11; Jn 1:21) Therefore when they heard these words,   
   many of the people said, "Truly, this is the Prophet."   
   41 (Jn 1:46; 7:52) Others said, "This is the Christ."   
   But some said, "Will the Christ come out of Galilee?   
   42 (Mic 5:2; Mt 2:5) Has the Scripture not said that the Christ   
   comes from the seed of David, out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?"   
   43 (Jn 9:16; 10:19) So there was a division among the people because of Him.   
   44 (Jn 7:30) Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.   
      
   [40] Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a   
   truth this is the Prophet.   
   [41] Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out   
   of Galilee?   
   [42] Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David,   
   and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?   
      
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