John 7:1-6

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ¹the Jews^[a] were seeking to kill him.

2 Now ²the Jews' Feast of ³Booths was at hand.

3 ⁴So his brothers^[b] said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.

4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ⁵show yourself to the world."

5 ⁶For not even ⁷his brothers believed in him.

6 Jesus said to them, ⁸"My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

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Cross References 8

1. John 5:18; John 8:37, 40; John 11:53
2. John 5:1; John 6:4
3. See Leviticus 23:34
4. ver. 5, 10; See Matthew 12:46
5. [John 14:22; John 18:20]
6. [Matthew 13:57; Mark 3:21]
7. ver. 3, 10
8. [ver. 8, 30]; See John 2:4

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or Judeans
[b]. Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10

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