John 7:1–18

THE UNBELIEF OF JESUS’ BROTHERS

7After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee,^an since he did not want to travel in Judea^ao because the Jews^ap were trying to kill him.^{aq 2}The Jewish Festival of Shelters^Dar was near. ³So his brothers^as said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples can see your works^at that you are doing. ⁴For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” ⁵(For not even his brothers believed in him.)

⁶Jesus told them, “My time^au has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand. ⁷The world cannot hate^av you, but it does hate me because I testify about it—that its works are evil. ⁸Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to this festival,^E because my time has not yet fully come.” ⁹After he had said these things, he stayed in Galilee.

JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF SHELTERS

¹⁰After his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly but secretly. ¹¹The Jews were looking for him at the festival and saying, “Where is he?” ¹²And there was a lot of murmuring about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good^aw man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, he’s deceiving^ax the people.” ¹³Still, nobody was talking publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple^a and began to teach. ¹⁵Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How is this man so learned,^b since he hasn’t been trained?”

¹⁶Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.^{c 17}If anyone wants to do his will,^d he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own. ¹⁸The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory;^e but he who seeks the glory^f of the one who sent him is true,^g and there is no unrighteousness in him.^h