John 7 (New American Standard)

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

1 After these things Jesus ¹was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ²the Jews ³were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, ⁴the Feast of Booths, was near. 3 Therefore His ⁵brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ⁶disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 "For no one does anything in secret ^awhen he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." 5 For not even His ⁷brothers were believing in Him. 6 So Jesus said to them, "⁸My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. 7 "⁹The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ¹⁰its deeds are evil. 8 "Go up to the feast yourselves ; I do not go up to this feast because ¹¹My time has not yet fully come." 9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee. 10 But when His ¹²brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. 11 ¹³So the Jews ¹⁴were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?" 12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ¹⁵some were saying, "He is a good man "; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray." 13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for ¹⁶fear of the Jews. 14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ¹⁷teach. 15 ¹⁸The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man ¹⁹become learned, having never been educated ?" 16 So Jesus answered them and said, "²⁰My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 "²¹If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. 18 "He who speaks from himself ²²seeks his own glory ; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. 19 "²³Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law ? Why do you ²⁴seek to kill Me?" 20 The crowd answered, "²⁵You have a demon ! Who seeks to kill You?" 21 Jesus answered them, "I did ²⁶one ^bdeed, and you all marvel. 22 "For this reason ²⁷Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ²⁸the fathers ), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. 23 "²⁹If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath ? 24 "Do not ³⁰judge according to appearance, but ^cjudge with righteous judgment." 25 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill ? 26 "Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ³¹The rulers do not really know that this is ^dthe Christ, do they? 27 "However, ³²we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from." 28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ³³teaching and saying, "³⁴You both know Me and know where I am from; and ³⁵I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 "³⁶I know Him, because ³⁷I am from Him, and ³⁸He sent Me." 30 So they ³⁹were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ⁴⁰hour had not yet come. 31 But ⁴¹many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "⁴²When ^ethe Christ comes, He will not perform more ^f43signs than those which this man has, will He?" 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ⁴⁴officers to ⁴⁵seize Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, "⁴⁶For a little while longer I am with you, then ⁴⁷I go to Him who sent Me. 34 "⁴⁸You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come." 35 ⁴⁹The Jews then said to one another, "⁵⁰Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ⁵¹the Dispersion among ⁵²the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? 36 "What is this statement that He said, '⁵³You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come '?" 37 Now on ⁵⁴the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "^g55If anyone is thirsty, ^hlet him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, ⁵⁶as the Scripture said, 'From ⁱhis innermost being will flow rivers of ⁵⁷living water.' " 39 But this He spoke ⁵⁸of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive ; for ⁵⁹the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ⁶⁰glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

40 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is ⁶¹the Prophet." 41 Others were saying, "This is ^jthe Christ." Still others were saying, "⁶²Surely ^kthe Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? 42 "Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ⁶³the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" 43 So ⁶⁴a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. 44 ⁶⁵Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. 45 The ⁶⁶officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?" 46 The ⁶⁷officers answered, "⁶⁸Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks." 47 The Pharisees then answered them, "⁶⁹You have not also been led astray, have you? 48 "⁷⁰No one of ⁷¹the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 49 "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed." 50 ⁷²Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them, 51 "⁷³Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?" 52 They answered him, "⁷⁴You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee." 53 [^lEveryone went to his home.