New Testament in a Year

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.”