John 7:1–18

Jesus Teaches at the Feast of Booths

¹And after these things Jesus ^awas walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^bthe Jews ^cwere seeking to kill Him.

²Now the feast of the Jews, ^athe Feast of Booths, was near.

³Therefore His ^abrothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^bdisciples also may see Your works which You are doing.

⁴“For no one does anything in secret ¹when he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself publicly to the world.”

⁵For not even His ^abrothers were believing in Him.

⁶So Jesus ^*said to them, “^aMy time is not yet here, but your time is always here.

⁷“^aThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that ^bits deeds are evil.

⁸“Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not ¹yet going up to this feast because ^aMy time has not yet been fulfilled.”

⁹Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰But when His ^abrothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as in secret.

^11aSo the Jews ^bwere seeking Him at the feast and saying, “Where is He?”

¹²And there was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^asome were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the crowd astray.”

¹³Yet no one was speaking openly about Him for ^afear of the Jews.

¹⁴But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^ateach.

^15aThe Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man ^bbecome learned, not having been educated?”

¹⁶So Jesus answered them and said, “^aMy teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me.

¹⁷“^aIf 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 ^aseeks 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.