JOHN 7

1 And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.⋮

2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.⋮

3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.⋮

4 For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.⋮

5 For even his brethren did not believe on him.⋮

6 Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is alway ready.⋮

7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.⋮

8 Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.⋮

9 And having said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee.⋮

10 But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.⋮

11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⋮

12 And 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.⋮

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.⋮

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.⋮

15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?⋮

16 Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.⋮

17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.⋮

18 He 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.⋮

19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?⋮

20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a devil: who seeketh to kill thee?⋮

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel.⋮

22 For this cause hath Moses given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.⋮

23 If 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?⋮

24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⋮

25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?⋮

26 And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?⋮

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.⋮

28 Jesus 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.⋮

29 I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.⋮

30 They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.⋮

31 But 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?⋮

32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.⋮

33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.⋮

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.⋮

35 The 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?⋮

36 What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?⋮

37 Now 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.⋮

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.⋮

39 But 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.⋮

40 Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.⋮

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?⋮

42 Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?⋮

43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.⋮

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⋮

45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?⋮

46 The officers answered, Never man so spake.⋮

47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?⋮

48 Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?⋮

49 But this multitude which knoweth not the law are accursed.⋮

50 Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),⋮

51 Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?⋮

52 They 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:⋮