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After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand. His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do. For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.” For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil. You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”

Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.

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The Unbelief of Jesus’s Brothers

After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He did not wish to go about in Judea because the Jews were looking for an opportunity to kill him.(A) Now the Jewish Festival of Booths[a] was near.(B) So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing,(C) for no one who wants[b] to be widely known acts in secret. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” (For not even his brothers believed in him.)(D) Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.(E) The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.(F) Go to the festival yourselves. I am not[c] going to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.” After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

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Footnotes

  1. 7.2 Or Tabernacles
  2. 7.4 Other ancient authorities read wants it
  3. 7.8 Other ancient authorities add yet