John 7:1-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

Up to Jerusalem

7 After this, Jesus moved around in Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to find a way to kill him.

² Now the Jewish Festival of Shelters^[a] was near. ³ So his brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so your disciples there can also see the works you are doing. ⁴ Indeed, no one acts in secret who wants to be known in public. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” ⁵ For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

⁶ So Jesus told them, “The right time for me has not arrived yet, but any time is the right time for you. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the festival. I am not going up to this festival yet,^[b] because the right time for me has not yet arrived.”

⁹ After he said this, he stayed in Galilee.