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1 After
these things,
Jesus was walking
in Galilee, for
he wouldn’t walk
in Judea, because
the Jews sought
to kill him.
2 Now
the feast of
the Jews, the
Feast of Booths,
was at hand.
3 His brothers
therefore said to
him, “Depart from
here and go
into Judea, that
your disciples
also may see
your works which
you do.
4 For
no one does
anything in secret
while he seeks
to be known
openly. If you
do these things,
reveal yourself to
the world.”
5 For
even his brothers didn’t
believe in him.
6 Jesus
therefore said to
them,
“My time has
not yet come,
but your time
is always ready.
7 The world can’t
hate you, but
it hates me,
because I
testify about it,
that its works
are evil.
8 You go up
to the feast.
I am not
yet going up
to this feast,
because my time
is not yet
fulfilled.”
9 Having said
these things to
them, he stayed
in Galilee.
10 But
when his brothers
had gone up to
the feast, then
he also went
up, not publicly,
but as it
were in secret.
11 The
Jews therefore
sought him at
the feast, and
said, “Where is
he?”
12 There
was much murmuring
among the
multitudes concerning
him. Some said, “He
is a good
man.” Others said,
“Not so, but
he leads the
multitude astray.”
13 Yet
no one spoke
openly of him
for fear of
the Jews.
14 But
when it was
now the middle of
the feast, Jesus
went up into
the temple and
taught.
15 The
Jews therefore
marveled, saying, “How
does this man
know letters,
having never been
educated?”
16 Jesus
therefore answered
them,
“My teaching is
not mine, but
his who sent
me.
17 If anyone
desires to do
his will, he
will know about
the teaching,
whether it is
from God or
if I am
speaking from
myself.
18 He who speaks
from himself
seeks his own
glory, but he
who seeks the
glory of him
who sent him
is true, and
no unrighteousness is
in him.
19 Didn’t Moses
give you the
law, and yet
none of you
keeps the law?
Why do you
seek to kill
me?”
20 The
multitude answered, “You
have a demon!
Who seeks to kill
you?”
21 Jesus
answered them,
“I did one
work and you
all marvel
because of it.
22 Moses has given
you circumcision (not
that it is
of Moses, but
of the fathers),
and on the
Sabbath you
circumcise a boy.
23 If a boy
receives circumcision
on the Sabbath,
that the law
of Moses may
not be broken,
are you angry
with me because
I made a
man completely
healthy on the
Sabbath?
24 Don’t judge
according to
appearance, but
judge righteous
judgment.”
25 Therefore
some of them
of Jerusalem said,
“Isn’t this he
whom they seek
to kill?
26 Behold,
he speaks openly,
and they say
nothing to him.
Can it be
that the rulers
indeed know that
this is truly the
Christ?
27 However,
we know where
this man comes
from, but when
the Christ comes,
no one will
know where he
comes from.”
28 Jesus
therefore cried
out in the
temple, teaching
and saying,
“You both know
me, and know
where I am
from. I have
not come of
myself, but he
who sent me
is true, whom
you don’t know.
29 I know him,
because I am
from him, and he
sent me.”
30 They
sought therefore
to take him;
but no one
laid a hand
on him, because
his hour had
not yet come.
31 But
of the multitude,
many believed in
him. They said, “When
the Christ comes,
he won’t do
more signs than
those which this
man has done,
will he?”
32 The
Pharisees heard the
multitude murmuring
these things
concerning him,
and the
chief priests and
the Pharisees sent
officers to arrest
him.
33 Then
Jesus said,
“I will be
with you a
little while
longer, then I
go to him
who sent me.
34 You will seek
me and won’t
find me. You
can’t come where
I am.”
35 The
Jews therefore
said among
themselves, “Where
will this man
go that we won’t
find him? Will
he go to
the Dispersion
among the Greeks
and teach the
Greeks?
36 What
is this word
that he said,
‘You will seek
me, and won’t
find me;’
and
‘Where I am,
you can’t
come’?”
37 Now
on the last
and greatest day
of the feast,
Jesus stood and
cried out,
“If anyone is
thirsty, let him
come to me
and drink!
38 He who believes
in me, as
the Scripture
has said, from
within him will
flow rivers of
living water.”
39 But
he said this
about the Spirit,
which those
believing in him
were to receive.
For the Holy
Spirit was not
yet given, because
Jesus wasn’t yet
glorified.
40 Many
of the multitude
therefore, when
they heard these
words, said, “This
is truly the
prophet.”
41 Others
said, “This is
the Christ.” But
some said, “What,
does the Christ
come out of
Galilee?
42 Hasn’t
the Scripture said
that the Christ
comes of
the offspring
of David,
and from Bethlehem,
the village where
David was?”
43 So
a division arose
in the multitude
because of him.
44 Some
of them would
have arrested him,
but no one
laid hands on
him.
45 The
officers therefore
came to the
chief priests and
Pharisees; and
they said to
them, “Why didn’t
you bring him?”
46 The
officers answered, “No
man ever spoke
like this man!”
47 The
Pharisees therefore answered
them, “You aren’t
also led astray,
are you?
48 Have
any of the rulers
or any of
the Pharisees
believed in him?
49 But
this multitude
that doesn’t know
the law is
cursed.”
50 Nicodemus (he who
came to him
by night, being
one of them)
said to them,
51 “Does
our law judge
a man unless
it first hears
from him personally
and knows what
he does?”
52 They
answered him, “Are
you also from
Galilee? Search
and see that
no prophet has
arisen out of
Galilee.”
53 Everyone
went to his own
house,