| 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. |
| 2 |
Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. |
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3 | 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. |
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5 | For neither did his brethren believe in him. |
| 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. |
| 8 | Go ye up unto this feast: I go not
up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come. |
| 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. |
| 11 | Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where
is he? |
| 12 | 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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13 | Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of
the Jews. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 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? |
| 20
| The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to
kill thee? |
| 21 | Jesus
answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. |
| 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? |
| 24
| Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment. |
| 25 | Then said
some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? |
| 26 | 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. |
| 28 | 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. |
| 29 | But I know him: for I am
from him, and he hath sent me. |
| 30
| Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because
his hour was not yet come. |
| 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. |
| 34
| Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye
cannot come. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 38 | 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.) |
| 40 | Many of the people therefore, when
they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. |
| 41 | Others said, This is the Christ. But
some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? |
| 42 | Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the
seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? |
| 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. |
| 45 | Then came the officers to
the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not
brought him? |
| 46 | 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? |
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49 | But this people who knoweth not the law are
cursed. |
| 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. |
