John 7:1 ←
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
John 7:2 ←
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
John 7:3 ←
His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
John 7:4 ←
For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
John 7:5 ←
For neither did his brethren believe in him.
John 7:6 ←
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
John 7:7 ←
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 7:8 ←
Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
John 7:9 ←
When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
John 7:10 ←
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
John 7:11 ←
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
John 7:12 ←
And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
John 7:13 ←
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:14 ←
Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
John 7:15 ←
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
John 7:16 ←
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
John 7:17 ←
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
John 7:18 ←
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
John 7:19 ←
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
John 7:20 ←
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
John 7:21 ←
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
John 7:22 ←
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
John 7:23 ←
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John 7:24 ←
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 7:25 ←
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John 7:26 ←
But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
John 7:27 ←
Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
John 7:28 ←
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John 7:29 ←
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 7:30 ←
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
John 7:31 ←
And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
John 7:32 ←
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
John 7:33 ←
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
John 7:34 ←
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
John 7:35 ←
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
John 7:36 ←
What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John 7:37 ←
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
John 7:38 ←
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 7:39 ←
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John 7:40 ←
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John 7:41 ←
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:42 ←
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
John 7:43 ←
So there was a division among the people because of him.
John 7:44 ←
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
John 7:45 ←
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
John 7:46 ←
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
John 7:47 ←
Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
John 7:48 ←
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John 7:49 ←
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
John 7:50 ←
Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
John 7:51 ←
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
John 7:52 ←
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John 7:53 ←
And every man went unto his own house.
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