John 7:1–18

¹And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him. ²Now the tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near. ³His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest; ⁴for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be known in public. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world: ⁵for neither did his brethren believe on him. ⁶Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready. ⁷The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil. ⁸Ye, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled. ⁹Having said these things to them he abode in Galilee. ¹⁰But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in secret. ¹¹The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? ¹²And there was much murmuring concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is a good man; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd. ¹³However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of their fear of the Jews.

¹⁴But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. ¹⁵The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned? ¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has sent me. ¹⁷If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself. ¹⁸He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.