John 7:1-17 ▼

1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jewish leaders sought to kill him.

2 Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.

3 So his brothers said to him, |Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works that you are doing.

4 For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.|

5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.

6 Jesus therefore said to them, |My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.|

9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

11 The Jewish leaders therefore sought him at the feast, and said, |Where is he?|

12 There was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some said, |He is a good man.| But others said, |Not so, but he leads the crowd astray.|

13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

15 Then the Jewish leaders were astonished, saying, |How does this man know such writings, having never been educated?|

16 Jesus therefore answered them, |My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.