John 7
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Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him.+ 2Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.+ 3His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.+ 4For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.+ 5For even his brethren did not believe on him.+ 6Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.+ 7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.+ 8Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.+ 9And having said these things unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee. 10But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.+ 11The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?+ 12And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.+ 13Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.+ 14But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.+ 15The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?+ 16Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.+ 17If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.+ 18He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.+ 19Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?+ 20The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?+ 21Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.+ 22Moses hath given you circumcision ( not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.+ 23If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?+ 24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.+

Is Jesus the Christ?

25Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?+ 26And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?+ 27Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.+ 28Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.+ 29I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.+ 30They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.+ 31But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?+ 32The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.+ 33Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.+ 34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.+ 35The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?+ 36What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?+

Living Water

37Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.+ 38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.+ 39But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.+

Division over Jesus

40[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.+ 41Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?+ 42Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?+ 43So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.+ 44And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.+

The Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?+ 46The officers answered, Never man so spake.+ 47The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?+ 48Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?+ 49But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.+ 50Nicodemus saith unto them ( he that came to him before, being one of them),+ 51Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?+ 52They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.+ 53[And they went every man unto his own house:+

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