Rivers of Living Water

37 ^gOn the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^h“If anyone thirsts, let him ⁱcome to me and drink. 38 Whoever ^jbelieves in me, as¹ the Scripture has said, ^k‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^lliving water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were ^mto receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, ⁿbecause Jesus was not yet ^oglorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, ^p“This really is ^qthe Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, ^r“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 ^sHas not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the ^toffspring of David, and comes ^ufrom Bethlehem, ^vthe village where David was?” 43 So there was a ^wdivision among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, ^x“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been ^ydeceived? 48 ^zHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 Nicodemus, ^awho had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]²

The Woman Caught in Adultery

[[53 They went each to his own house,

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

1 When the day of ^hPentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a ⁱmighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of ^jfire appeared to them and rested¹ on each one of them. 4 And they were all ^kfilled with the Holy Spirit and began to ^lspeak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because ^meach one was hearing them speak in his own language.