John 7
Worldwide English (New Testament)
7 After this, Jesus travelled around in Galilee. He would not travel around in Judea because the leaders of the Jews wanted to kill him.
2 Every year the Jews had a feast to remember the time when their fathers lived in tents in the desert. The time was near for that feast.
3 Jesus' brothers said to him, `Go away from here to Judea. Let your disciples also see the work you are doing.
4 When a person wants people to know about him, he does not hide what he is doing. If you are doing these big things, let the world see you.'
5 Even his brothers did not believe in Jesus.
6 Jesus said to them, `It is not yet the time for me to go. But you may go any time you want to.
7 The people of the world cannot hate you. But they hate me because I say what they do is wrong.
8 Go to the feast yourselves. I am not going to the feast until it is the right time for me to go.'
9 He said this to them and stayed in Galilee.
10 After his brothers went to the feast, Jesus went also. He did not go with the other people, but he went by himself.
11 The leaders of the Jews at the feast tried to find him. They said, `Where is he?'
12 People were talking among themselves about Jesus. Some said, `He is a good man.' Others said, `No. He is leading people to do wrong things.'
13 But they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, so no one talked about him out in the open.
14 When the feast was half finished, Jesus went to the temple and taught the people.
15 The Jews were very much surprised. `How can this man know books? He never went to school.'
16 Jesus answered the people, `I am not teaching you my teaching. It is the teaching of the one who sent me.
17 If any man wants to do what God wants him to do, he will know the teaching. He will know if it is God's teaching or if I am speaking from my own mind.
18 The person who speaks from his own mind only wants to be great himself. But the person whom God has sent wants to show that God is great. That person is true. He is not a bad man.
19 Did not Moses give you the law? Not one of you is keeping the law. Why are you trying to kill me?'
20 The people answered Jesus, `A bad spirit is in you! Who is trying to kill you?'
21 Jesus answered them, `I have done one thing. You are all surprised about it.
22 Moses gave you the law of circumcision. You obey the law, not because it came from Moses, but because it came from the fathers long ago. You circumcise a baby boy on the Sabbath day.
23 You do it on the Sabbath day so that you will not break the law of Moses. If you do that, then why are you angry with me because I healed a man on the Sabbath day?
24 Do not judge by what you see, but judge in the right way.'
25 Some people from Jerusalem said, `Is not this the person they are trying to kill?
26 See, he does not fear to speak and yet they say nothing to him! Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ?
27 But we know where this man comes from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.'
28 Jesus was teaching in the temple. He spoke loudly saying, `You know me and you know where I come from. I have not come in my own power. The one who sent me is true. He is the one you do not know.
29 I know him because I came from him. He sent me.'
30 Then the people wanted to catch him. But no one put a hand on him. It was not yet the time for that.
31 Many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, `When Christ comes, will he do greater works than this man has done?'
32 The Pharisees heard what the people said about him. The chief priests and the Pharisees sent soldiers to catch him.
33 Jesus said, `I will stay with you a short time longer. Then I will go back to him who sent me.
34 You will look for me, but you will not find me. You will not be able to go to the place where I will be.'
35 The Jews said to one another, `Where will he go that we cannot find him? Will he go to our people who are living in other countries? Will he teach them?
36 What does he mean by this: "You will look for me and will not find me. You will not be able to go to the place where I will be"?'
37 The last day of the feast was a big day. On that day Jesus stood up and shouted, `If anyone is thirsty, he may come to me and drink.
38 If anyone believes in me, the holy writings say, "Rivers of water that give life will flow out of his heart." '
39 This is what Jesus meant: those who believe in him would receive the Spirit. At that time no one had received the Holy Spirit because Jesus had not yet been lifted up to heaven
40 When some of the people heard this they said, `Truly, this is the Prophet.'
41 Other people said, `This is the Christ.' But some said, `The Christ will not come from Galilee. Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Do not the holy writings say that Christ will be of David's family? Will he not come from Bethlehem where David lived?'
43 The people did not all say the same thing about him.
44 Some of them wanted to catch Jesus, but no one put hands on him.
45 The soldiers came back to the chief priests and the Pharisees. They asked the soldiers, `Why did you not bring him?'
46 The soldiers replied, `No person has ever talked like he does!'
47 The Pharisees said, `Has he fooled you also?
48 None of the rulers and none of the Pharisees have believed on him, have they?
49 These poor people do not know the law. They will die!'
50 Nicodemus, the man who came to Jesus by night, was one of them.
51 He said, `Is it right to judge any man by our law before we hear him and learn what he has done?'
52 They answered him, `Are you from Galilee also? Study what is written. You will see that no prophet is to come from Galilee.'
53 Then every one of them went home.
John 7
Modern English Version
The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers
7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee. He would not walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You do. 4 For no one does anything in secret, while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, reveal Yourself to the world.” 5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always fitting. 7 The world cannot hate you. But it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil. 8 You go up to this feast. I am not going up to this feast yet, because My time has not yet fully come.” 9 Having said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.
Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
10 However, after His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He also went up, not publicly, but secretly. 11 Then the Jews looked for Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?”
12 There was much complaining among the people concerning Him. For some said, “He is a good Man.”
Others said, “No, He deceives the people.” 13 Yet no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews marveled, saying, “How has this Man become educated, having never been taught?”
16 Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If any man desires to do His will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory. But He who seeks the glory of Him who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”
20 The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a man on the Sabbath day (although it did not come from Moses, but from the Patriarchs). 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath day, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I completely healed a man on the Sabbath day? 24 Do not judge according to appearance, but practice righteous judgment.”
Is He the Christ?
25 Then some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 Look! He speaks publicly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers indeed know that this is really the Christ? 27 But we know where this Man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, “You know Me and you likewise know where I am from. I have not come on My own authority, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many of the people believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
Officials Sent to Arrest Jesus
32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning Him. So the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33 Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. 34 You will look for Me and you will not find Me. And where I am, you cannot come.”
35 The Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What kind of saying is this which He said, ‘You will look for Me and you will not find Me. And where I am, you cannot come’? ”
Rivers of Living Water
37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.” 39 By this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believe in Him would receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Division Among the People
40 Therefore when they heard these words, many of the people said, “Truly, this is the Prophet.”
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the seed of David, out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people because of Him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
The Unbelief of Those in Authority
45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”
46 The officers answered, “No man has ever spoken like this Man.”
47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 Not at all. This crowd who does not know the law is accursed.”
50 Nicodemus, being one of them who came to Jesus by night, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
The Woman Caught in Adultery
53 Then everyone went to his own house.[a]
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