John - Chapter 7 | American Standard Version

  • 1. And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
  • 2. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
  • 3. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
  • 4. For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
  • 5. For even his brethren did not believe on him.
  • 6. Jesus therefore saith unto them, {cf6 My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.}
  • 7. {cf6 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.}
  • 8. {cf6 Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.}
  • 9. And having said these things unto them, he abode {cf15i still} in Galilee.
  • 10. But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
  • 11. The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
  • 12. And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
  • 13. Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
  • 14. But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
  • 15. The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
  • 16. Jesus therefore answered them and said, {cf6 My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.}
  • 17. {cf6 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or {cf15i whether} I speak from myself.}
  • 18. {cf6 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.}
  • 19. {cf6 Did not Moses give you the law, and {cf15i yet} none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?}
  • 20. The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
  • 21. Jesus answered and said unto them, {cf6 I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.}
  • 22. {cf6 Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.}
  • 23. {cf6 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?}
  • 24. {cf6 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.}
  • 25. Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
  • 26. And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
  • 27. Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
  • 28. Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, {cf6 Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.}
  • 29. {cf6 I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.}
  • 30. They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
  • 31. But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
  • 32. The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
  • 33. Jesus therefore said, {cf6 Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.}
  • 34. {cf6 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.}
  • 35. The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  • 36. What is this word that he said, {cf6 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?}
  • 37. Now on the last day, the great {cf15i day} of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, {cf6 If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.}
  • 38. {cf6 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.}
  • 39. But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet {cf15i given}; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  • 40. {cf15i Some} of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
  • 41. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
  • 42. Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
  • 43. So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
  • 44. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
  • 45. The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
  • 46. The officers answered, Never man so spake.
  • 47. The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
  • 48. Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
  • 49. But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
  • 50. Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
  • 51. Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
  • 52. They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
  • 53. [And they went every man unto his own house:
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