John 7:37-52, 8:12 (Gospel)
- 37
- On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
- 38
- He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
- 39
- But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
- 40
- Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.”
- 41
- Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?
- 42
- Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”
- 43
- So there was a division among the people because of Him.
- 44
- Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
- 45
- Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
- 46
- The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
- 47
- Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived?
- 48
- Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
- 49
- But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
- 50
- Nikodemos (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,
- 51
- “Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
- 52
- They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
- 12
- Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”