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Jesus later traveled throughout Galilee. He didn't want to travel in Judea because Jews there wanted to kill him.
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The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near.
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So Jesus' brothers told him, "Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you're doing.
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No one does things secretly when he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, you should let the world see you."
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Even his brothers didn't believe in him.
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Jesus told them, "Now is not the right time for me to go. Any time is right for you.
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The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.
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Go to the festival. I'm not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go."
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After saying this, Jesus stayed in Galilee.
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But after his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus went. He didn't go publicly but secretly.
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The Jews were looking for Jesus in the crowd at the festival. They kept asking, "Where is that man?"
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The crowds argued about Jesus. Some people said, "He's a good man," while others said, "No he isn't. He deceives the people."
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Yet, no one would talk openly about him because they were afraid of the Jews.