John 7:1–30

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ^pthe Jews¹ were seeking to kill him. ²Now ^qthe Jews’ Feast of ^rBooths was at hand. ^3sSo his brothers² said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ⁴For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^tshow yourself to the world.” ^5uFor not even ^vhis brothers believed in him. ⁶Jesus said to them, ^w“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. ⁷The world cannot hate you, but ^xit hates me because I testify about it that ^yits works are evil. ⁸You go up to the feast. I am not³ going up to this feast, for ^zmy time has not yet fully come.” ⁹After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

¹⁰But after ^ahis brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. ^11bThe Jews ^cwere looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” ¹²And there was much ^dmuttering about him among the people. ^eWhile some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, ^fhe is leading the people astray.” ¹³Yet ^gfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

¹⁴About the middle of the feast Jesus went up ^hinto the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵The Jews therefore ⁱmarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,⁴ when he has never studied?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them, ^j“My teaching is not mine, but his ^kwho sent me. ^17lIf anyone’s will is to do God’s⁵ will, ^mhe will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ⁿam speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸The one who speaks on his own authority ^oseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. ^19pHas not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. ^qWhy do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰The crowd answered, ^r“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered them, “I did ^sone work, and you all marvel at it. ^22tMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^ufrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^vare you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? ^24wDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^xthey seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, ^yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But ^awe know ^bwhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^cno one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So Jesus proclaimed, ^das he taught in the temple, ^a“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^eI have not come of my own accord. ^fHe who sent me is true, ^gand him you do not know. ^29hI know him, for I come ⁱfrom him, and ^jhe sent me.” ^30kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but ^lno one laid a hand on him, ^mbecause his hour had not yet come.