Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 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 publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself 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 opportune. ^7 (I)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ^(J)its deeds are evil. ⁸ Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ^(K)My time has not yet fully come.” 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 if, in secret. ^11 (M)So the Jews ^(N)were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?” ¹² 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 people astray.” ¹³ Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for ^(P)fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^(Q)teach. ^15 (R)The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^(S)become learned, having never been educated?” ¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, “^(T)My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^17 (U)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether 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 carries out 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 ^[b]deed, 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 Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(AE)The rulers do not really know that this is ^[d]the Christ, do they? ²⁷ However, ^(AF)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, 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; and 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 ^[e]the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^[f](AQ)signs than those which this man has, will He?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering 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? He is not intending to go to ^(AY)the Dispersion among ^(AZ)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? 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, “^[g](BC)If anyone is thirsty, ^[h]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸ He who believes in Me, ^(BD)as the Scripture said, ‘From ^[i]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 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 people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is ^(BI)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others were saying, “This is ^[j]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “^(BJ)Surely ^[k]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(BK)the descendants 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 wanted 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 the way this man speaks.” ⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, “^(BQ)You have not also been led astray, have you? ^48 (BR)No one of ^(BS)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? 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)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵² They answered him, “^(BV)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.” ⁵³ [^[l]Everyone went to his home.