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Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(ag)teaching and saying, "^(ah)You both know Me and know where I am from; and ^(ai)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

^(aj)I know Him, because ^(ak)I am from Him, and ^(al)He sent Me."

So they ^(am)were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^(an)hour had not yet come.

But ^(ao)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "^(ap)When ^[e]the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[f](aq)signs than those which this man has, will He?"

The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(ar)officers to ^(as)seize Him.

Therefore Jesus said, "^(at)For a little while longer I am with you, then ^(au)I go to Him who sent Me.

^(av)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come."

^(aw)The Jews then said to one another, "^(ax)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^(ay)the Dispersion among ^(az)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

What is this statement that He said, ‘^(ba)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come' ?"

Now on ^(bb)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "^[g](bc)If anyone is thirsty, ^[h]let him come to Me and drink.

He who believes in Me, ^(bd)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[i]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(be)living water.'"

But this He spoke ^(bf)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(bg)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(bh)glorified.

Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is ^(bi)the Prophet."

Others were saying, "This is ^[j]the Christ." Still others were saying, "^(bj)Surely ^[k]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?

Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(bk)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

So ^(bl)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

^(bm)Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

The ^(bn)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"

The ^(bo)officers answered, "^(bp)Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."

The Pharisees then answered them, "^(bq)You have not also been led astray, have you?

^(br)No one of ^(bs)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."

^(bt)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,

"^(bu)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"

They answered him, "^(bv)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

[^[l]Everyone went to his home.