John 7:1–18

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

¹After 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 publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself 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 opportune.

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

⁸“Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ^aMy time has not yet fully come.”

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 if, in secret.

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

¹²There 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 people astray.”

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

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

^15aThe Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^bbecome learned, having never been educated?”

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

¹⁷“^aIf anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether 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.