let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, ‘From within him will flow rivers of living water.’”

(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”

They replied, “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied, “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ‘You will become free’?”

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

You people are doing the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Jesus, “We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

The Judeans replied, “Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes

Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

Some people said, “This is the man!” while others said, “No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting, “I am the one!”

So again they asked the man who used to be blind, “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.

They asked the parents, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

So his parents replied, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

Jesus replied, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.”

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

The Jewish leaders replied, “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”