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Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(C1)teaching and saying, "^(C2)You both know Me and you know where I am from; and ^(C3)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

"^(C1)I do know Him, because ^(C2)I am from Him, and ^(C3)He sent Me."

So they ^(C1)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His ^(C2)hour had not yet come.

But ^(C1)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "^(C2)When the ^(F1)Christ comes, He will not perform more ^(F2)(C3)signs than those which this man has done, will He?"

The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(C1)officers to ^(C2)arrest Him.

Therefore Jesus said, "^(C1)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then ^(C2)I am going to Him who sent Me.

"^(C1)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come."

^(C1)The Jews then said to one another, "^(C2)Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to ^(C3)the Dispersion among ^(C4)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He?

"What is this statement that He said, '^(C1)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come'?"

Now on ^(C1)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "^(C2)If anyone is thirsty, ^(F1)let him come to Me and drink.

"The one who believes in Me, ^(C1)as the Scripture said, '^(F1)From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(C2)living water.'"

But this He said ^(C1)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(C2)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(C3)glorified.

Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, "This truly is ^(C1)the Prophet."

Others were saying, "This is the ^(F1)Christ." But others were saying, "^(C1)Surely the ^(F1)Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He?

"Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(C1)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

So ^(C1)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him.

And ^(C1)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

The ^(C1)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"

The ^(C1)officers answered, "^(C2)Never has a man spoken in this way!"

The Pharisees then replied to them, "^(C1)You have not been led astray too, have you?

"^(C1)Not one of ^(C2)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?

"But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!"

^(C1)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) ^(*)said to them,

"^(C1)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"

They answered and said to him, "^(C1)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."

[[^(F1)And everyone went to his home.