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Chapter 7 |
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1 | After these things Jesus walked in
Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill
him. |
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Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. |
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His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that
thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. |
| 4 | For there is
no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known
openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. |
| 5 | For
neither did his brethren believe in him. |
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6 | Then Jesus said 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 the works
thereof are evil. |
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8 | Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this
feast: for my time is not yet full come. |
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9 | When he had said these words
unto them, he abode still in Galilee. |
| 10 | But when his brethren were
gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in
secret. |
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| Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is
he? |
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And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him:
for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the
people. |
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| Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the
Jews. |
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Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught. |
| 15 | And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth
this man letters, having never learned? |
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16 | Jesus answered them, and
said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. |
| 17 | If any man
will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or
whether I speak of myself. |
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18 | He that speaketh of himself seeketh
his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory 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 keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
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| 20 | The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill
thee? |
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Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and
ye all marvel. |
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22 | Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not
because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day
circumcise a man. |
| 23 | If a man on the sabbath day receive
circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me,
because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? |
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Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. |
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Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to
kill? |
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But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do
the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? |
| 27 | Howbeit we
know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he
is. |
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Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both
know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent
me is true, whom ye know not. |
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29 | But I know him: for I am from him, and
he hath sent me. |
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30 | Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands
on him, because his hour was not yet come. |
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31 | And many of the people
believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than
these which this man hath done? |
| 32 | The Pharisees heard that the
people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief
priests sent officers to take him. |
| 33 | Then said Jesus unto them,
Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
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| 34 | Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye
cannot come. |
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35 | Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will
he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? |
| 36 | What manner of saying is this
that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither
ye cannot come? |
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37 | In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and
drink. |
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| 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 believe on him should receive: for the
Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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| 40 | Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a
truth this is the Prophet. |
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41 | Others said, This is the Christ. But
some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? |
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42 | Hath not the scripture
said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of
Bethlehem, where David was? |
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43 | So there was a division among the
people because of him. |
| 44 | And some of them would have taken him; but
no man laid hands on him. |
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45 | Then came the officers to the chief
priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought
him? |
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The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
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| 47 | Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? |
| 48 | Have
any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? |
| 49 | But this
people who knoweth not the law are cursed. |
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50 | Nicodemus saith unto
them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) |
| 51 | Doth our
law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? |
| 52 | They
answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out
of Galilee ariseth no prophet. |
| 53 | And every man went unto his
own house. |
