John 7:1-8 ▼

1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him.

2 Now the Jewish Festival of Tents was approaching.

3 So his brothers told him, |You should leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples can see the actions that you're doing,

4 since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!|

5 Not even his brothers believed in him.

6 Jesus told them, |My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.

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

8 Go up to the festival yourselves. I am not going to this festival yet, because my time hasn't fully come yet.|