John 7:1–52

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for ^ahe would not walk in Jewry, ^bbecause ^cthe Jews sought to kill him. ²Now the Jews’ ^dfeast of tabernacles was at hand. ^3eHis brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that ^fthy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. ⁴For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, ^gshew thyself to the world. ⁵For ^hneither did ^ehis brethren believe in him. ⁶Then Jesus said unto them, ⁱMy time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. ^7jThe world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that ^kthe works thereof are evil. ^8lGo ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for ^immy time is not yet full come. ⁹When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

¹⁰But when ^ehis brethren were ^lgone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. ¹¹ⁿThen ^cthe Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? ¹²And ^othere was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, ^pHe is a good man: others said, Nay; but he ^ppdeceiveth the people. ¹³Howbeit no man spake openly of him ^qfor fear of ^cthe Jews.

¹⁴Now about the midst of the feast Jesus ^lwent up ^rinto the temple, and taught. ¹⁵And ^cthe Jews ^smarvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? ¹⁶Jesus answered them, and said, ^tMy doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. ^17uIf any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. ¹⁸He that speaketh of himself ^xseeketh his own glory: but he that ^xseeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ^19yDid not Moses give you the law, and yet ^znone of you keepeth the law? ^aWhy go ye about to kill me? ²⁰The people answered and said, ^bThou hast a devil: ^awho goeth about to kill thee? ²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done ^cone work, and ye all marvel. ^22dMoses therefore gave unto you circumcision, not because it is of Moses, but ^eof the fathers; and ^fye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. ²³If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, ^dthat the law of Moses should not be broken; ^gare ye angry at me, because ^hI have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? ²⁴ⁱJudge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. ²⁵Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, ^awhom they seek to kill? ²⁶But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do ^kthe rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? ^27lHowbeit ^mwe know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth ⁿwhence he is. ²⁸Then ^ocried Jesus ^pin the temple as he taught, saying, ^qYe both know me, and ye know whence I am: and ^rI am not come of myself, but he that sent me is ^strue, ^twhom ye know not. ²⁹But ^uI know him: for I am ^wfrom him, and ^xhe hath sent me. ³⁰Then ^ythey sought to take him: but ^zno man laid hands on him, because ^zahis hour was not yet come. ³¹And ^bmany of the people believed on him, and said, ^cWhen Christ cometh, will he do moe ^dmiracles than these which this man hath done? ³²The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent ^eofficers to take him. ³³Then said Jesus unto them, ^fYet a little while am I with you, and then ^gI go unto him that sent me. ^34fhYe shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where ⁱI am, thither ^jye cannot come. ³⁵Then said ^kthe Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto ^lthe dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? ³⁶What manner of saying is this that he said, ^mYe shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

³⁷In the last day, ⁿthat great day of the feast, Jesus stood and ^ocried, saying, ^pIf any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. ^38qHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, ^rout of his belly shall flow rivers of ^sliving water. ³⁹(But ^tthis spake he of ^uthe Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: ^xfor the Holy Ghost was not yet ^ygiven; ^zbecause that Jesus was not yet ^aglorified.) ⁴⁰Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is ^bthe Prophet. ⁴¹Others said, ^cThis is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come ^dout of Galilee? ⁴²Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh ^eof the seed of David, and out of the town of ^fBethlehem, ^gwhere David was? ⁴³So there was ^ha division among the people because of him. ⁴⁴And ⁱsome of them would have taken him; ⁱbut no man laid hands on him.

⁴⁵Then came ^kthe officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, ^kWhy have ye not brought him? ^46kThe officers answered, ^lNever man spake like this man. ⁴⁷Then answered them the Pharisees, ^mAre ye also deceived? ⁴⁸ⁿHave any of ^othe rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? ⁴⁹But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. ^50oNicodemus saith unto them, (^phe that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) ⁵¹Doth ^qour law judge any man, before it ^rhear him, and know what he doeth? ⁵²They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for ^sout of Galilee ariseth no prophet.