John 7:14-39

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ¹teach.

15 ²The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man ³become learned, having never been educated?"

16 So Jesus answered them and said, "⁴My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

17 "⁵If 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 ⁶seeks 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 "⁷Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ⁸seek to kill Me?"

20 The crowd answered, "⁹You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?"

21 Jesus answered them, "I did ¹⁰one deed, and you all marvel.

22 "For this reason ¹¹Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ¹²the fathers ), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

23 "¹³If 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 ¹⁴judge according to appearance, but judge 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. ¹⁵The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

27 "However, ¹⁶we 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, ¹⁷teaching and saying, "¹⁸You both know Me and know where I am from; and ¹⁹I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

29 "²⁰I know Him, because ²¹I am from Him, and ²²He sent Me."

30 So they ²³were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ²⁴hour had not yet come.

31 But ²⁵many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "²⁶When the Christ comes, He will not perform more ²⁷signs 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 ²⁸officers to ²⁹seize Him.

33 Therefore Jesus said, "³⁰For a little while longer I am with you, then ³¹I go to Him who sent Me.

34 "³²You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot * come."

35 ³³The Jews then said to one another, "³⁴Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ³⁵the Dispersion among ³⁶the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

36 "What is this statement that He said, '³⁷You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot * come '?"

37 Now on ³⁸the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "³⁹If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

38 "He who believes in Me, ⁴⁰as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of ⁴¹living water.' "

39 But this He spoke ⁴²of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ⁴³the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ⁴⁴glorified.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:55; John 7:28
• 2. John 1:19; John 7:11, 13, 35
• 3. Acts 26:24
• 4. John 3:11
• 5. Psalms 25:9, 14; Proverbs 3:32; Daniel 12:10; John 3:21; John 8:43
• 6. John 5:41; John 8:50, 54; John 12:43
• 7. John 1:17
• 8. Mark 11:18; John 7:1
• 9. Matthew 11:18; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
• 10. John 5:2-9, 16; John 7:23
• 11. Leviticus 12:3
• 12. Genesis 17:10f; Genesis 21:4; Acts 7:8
• 13. Matthew 12:2; John 5:9, 10
• 14. Leviticus 19:15; Isaiah 11:3; Zechariah 7:9; John 8:15
• 15. Luke 23:13; John 3:1
• 16. John 6:42; John 7:41; John 9:29
• 17. John 7:14
• 18. John 6:42; John 7:14; John 9:29
• 19. John 8:42
• 20. Matthew 11:27; John 8:55; John 17:25
• 21. John 6:46
• 22. John 3:17
• 23. Matthew 21:46; John 7:32, 44; John 10:39
• 24. John 7:6; John 8:20
• 25. John 2:23; John 8:30; John 10:42; John 11:45; John 12:11, 42
• 26. John 7:26
• 27. John 2:11
• 28. Matthew 26:58; John 7:45
• 29. Matthew 12:14
• 30. John 12:35; John 13:33; John 14:19; John 16:16-19
• 31. John 14:12, 28; John 16:5, 10, 17, 28; John 20:17
• 32. John 7:36; John 8:21; John 13:33
• 33. John 7:1
• 34. John 8:22
• 35. Psalms 147:2; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 56:8; Zephaniah 3:10; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1
• 36. John 12:20; Acts 14:1; Acts 17:4; Acts 18:4; Romans 1:16
• 37. John 7:34; John 8:21; John 13:33
• 38. Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35; Nehemiah 8:18
• 39. John 4:10, 14; John 6:35
• 40. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 58:11
• 41. John 4:10
• 42. Joel 2:28; John 1:33
• 43. John 20:22; Acts 1:4; Acts 2:4, 33; Acts 19:2
• 44. John 12:16, 23; John 13:31; John 16:14; John 17:1

Footnotes

• [a] Or "work"
• [b] Lit "judge the righteous judgment"
• [c] I.e. the Messiah
• [d] I.e. the Messiah
• [e] Or "attesting miracles"
• [f] Vv 37-38 may also be read: "If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as..."
• [g] Or "let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking"
• [h] Lit "out of his belly"