New American Bible, Revised Edition

John 7:36-43 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

36. What is the meaning of his saying, ‘You will look for me and not find [me], and where I am you cannot come’?”

37. On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.

38. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says:‘Rivers of living water will flow from within him.’”

39. He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive. There was, of course, no Spirit yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

40. Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

41. Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he?

42. Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

43. So a division occurred in the crowd because of him.