Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Booths

7 And after these things Jesus ^(A)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(B)the Jews ^(C)were seeking to kill Him. ² Now the feast of the Jews, ^(D)the Feast of Booths, was near. ³ Therefore His ^(E)brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^(F)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret ^[a]when he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself publicly to the world.” ⁵ For not even His ^(G)brothers were believing in Him. ⁶ So Jesus *said to them, “^(H)My time is not yet here, but your time is always here. ^7 (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that ^(J)its deeds are evil. ⁸ Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not ^[b]yet going up to this feast because ^(K)My time has not yet been fulfilled.” ⁹ Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His ^(L)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as in secret. ^11 (M)So the Jews ^(N)were seeking Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?” ¹² And there was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^(O)some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the crowd astray.” ¹³ Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for ^(P)fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^(Q)teach. ^15 (R)The Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man ^(S)become learned, not having been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, “^(T)My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me. ^17 (U)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God or I speak from Myself. ¹⁸ He who speaks from himself ^(V)seeks 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 “^(W)Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet none of you does the Law. Why do you ^(X)seek to kill Me?” ²⁰ The crowd answered, “^(Y)You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” ²¹ Jesus answered them, “I did ^(Z)one work, and you all marvel. ²² For this reason ^(AA)Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^(AB)the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. ^23 (AC)If 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 ^(AD)judge according to appearance, but ^[c]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 And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(AE)Do the rulers truly know that this is the ^[d]Christ? ²⁷ However, ^(AF)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” ²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(AG)teaching and saying, “^(AH)You both know Me and know where I am from; and ^(AI)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. ^29 (AJ)I know Him, because ^(AK)I am from Him, and ^(AL)He sent Me.” ³⁰ So they ^(AM)were seeking to seize Him; ^[e]yet no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^(AN)hour had not yet come. ³¹ But ^(AO)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^(AP)When the ^[f]Christ comes, will He do more ^[g](AQ)signs than this man did?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd ^[h]whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(AR)officers to ^(AS)seize Him. ³³ Therefore Jesus said, “^(AT)For a little while longer I am with you, then ^(AU)I go to Him who sent Me. ^34 (AV)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” ^35 (AW)The Jews then said to one another, “^(AX)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? Is He intending to go to ^(AY)the Dispersion among ^(AZ)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What is this statement that He said, ‘^(BA)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ Now on ^(BB)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^[i](BC)If anyone is thirsty, ^[j]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(BD)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[k]his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(BE)living water.’” ³⁹ But this He spoke ^(BF)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for ^(BG)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(BH)glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(BI)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is the ^[l]Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(BJ)No, for is the ^[m]Christ going to come from Galilee? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(BK)the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³ So ^(BL)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. ^44 (BM)Some of them were wanting to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(BN)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶ The ^(BO)officers answered, “^(BP)Never has a man spoken like this!” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(BQ)Have you also been led astray? ^48 (BR)Have any of ^(BS)the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.” ^50 (BT)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before), being one of them, *said to them, ⁵¹ “^(BU)Does our Law judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing?” ⁵² They answered him, “^(BV)Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ^53 [n][Everyone went to his home.