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Saint John - Chapter 7
AFTER
these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not
walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the
Jews? feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 His
brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the
works that thou doest.
4 For there
is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do
these things, shew thyself to the world.
5 For
neither did his brethren believe in him.
6 Then
Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but
your time is alway ready.
7 The
world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I
testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for
my time is not yet full come.
9 When he
had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 But
when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not
openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then
the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is
he?
12 And
there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is
a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
13
Howbeit no man spake openly of him
for fear of the Jews.
14 Now
about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And
the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth
this man letters, having never learned?
16 Jesus
answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but
his that sent me.
17 If any
man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18 He
that speaketh of himself seeketh
his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that
sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Did
not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth
the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 The
people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Jesus
answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Moses
therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the
fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a
man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the
law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a
man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24 Judge
not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Then
said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26 But,
lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto
him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit
we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Then
cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye
both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that
sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I
know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then
they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not
yet come.
31 And
many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh,
will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
32 The
Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the
Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Then
said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with
you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye
shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye
cannot come.
35 Then
said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go,
that we shall not find him? will he go unto the
dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What manner
of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me,
and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
37 In the
last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that
believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers
of living water.
39 (But
this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe
on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because
that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Many
of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of
a truth this is the Prophet.
41 Others
said, This is the Christ. But some said,
Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Hath
not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the
town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So
there was a division among the people because of him.
44 And
some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 Then
came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 The
officers answered, Never man spake
like this man.
47 Then
answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48 Have
any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 But
this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50 Nicodemus
saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night,
being one of them,)
51 Doth
our law judge any man, before it hear him, and
know what he doeth?
52 They
answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 And
every man went unto his own house.
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