NAS - John 7:1-24

7 Jesus Teaches at the Feast

¹After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. ²Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. ³Therefore His brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. ⁴"For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." ⁵For not even His brothers were believing in Him. ⁶So Jesus *said to them, "My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.⁷"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.⁸"Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come."⁹Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. ¹¹So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?" ¹²There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some 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 fear of the Jews.

¹⁴But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. ¹⁵The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?" ¹⁶So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.¹⁷"If 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 seeks 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.

¹⁹"Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"²⁰The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?" ²¹Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel.²²"For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.²³"If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?²⁴"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."