New International Reader's Version

John 7:42-47 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

42. Doesn't Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family? Doesn't it say that he will come from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"

43. So the people did not agree about who Jesus was.

44. Some wanted to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him.

45. Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They asked the guards, "Why didn't you bring him in?"

46. "No one ever spoke the way this man does," the guards replied.

47. "You mean he has fooled you also?" the Pharisees asked.