John 7:1-9

Common English Bible

Jesus goes to Jerusalem

7 After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He didn’t want to travel in Judea, because the Jewish authorities wanted to kill him. ² When it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Booths, ³ Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee. Go to Judea so that your disciples can see the amazing works that you do. ⁴ Those who want to be known publicly don’t do things secretly. Since you can do these things, show yourself to the world.” ⁵ His brothers said this because even they didn’t believe in him.

⁶ Jesus replied, “For you, anytime is fine. But my time hasn’t come yet. ⁷ The world can’t hate you. It hates me, though, because I testify that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the festival. I’m not going to this one because my time hasn’t yet come.” ⁹ Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.