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1 Jesus later traveled throughout Galilee. He didn't want to travel in Judea because Jews there wanted to kill him. 2 The time for the Jewish Festival of Booths was near. 3 So Jesus' brothers told him, |Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you're doing. 4 No one does things secretly when he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, you should let the world see you.| 5 Even his brothers didn't believe in him. 6 Jesus told them, |Now is not the right time for me to go. Any time is right for you. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil. 8 Go to the festival. I'm not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go.| 9 After saying this, Jesus stayed in Galilee. 10 But after his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus went. He didn't go publicly but secretly. John 7:1-10, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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