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Jesus Teaches at the Feast

¹ After these things Jesus ^(C1)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(C2)the Jews ^(C3)were seeking to kill Him.² Now the feast of the Jews, ^(C1)the Feast of Booths, was near.³ Therefore His ^(C1)brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your ^(C2)disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.⁴ "For no one does anything in secret ^(F1)when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world."⁵ For not even His ^(C1)brothers were believing in Him.⁶ So Jesus ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.⁷ "^(C1)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that ^(C2)its deeds are evil.⁸ "Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because ^(C1)My time has not yet fully come."⁹ Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when His ^(C1)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.^11 (C1)So the Jews ^(C2)were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?"¹² There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; ^(C1)some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray."¹³ Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for ^(C1)fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^(C1)teach.^15 (C1)The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man ^(C2)become learned, having never been educated?"¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, "^(C1)My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.¹⁷ "^(C1)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 ^(C1)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 "^(C1)Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ^(C2)seek to kill Me?"²⁰ The crowd answered, "^(C1)You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?"²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did ^(C1)one ^(F1)deed, and you all marvel.²² "For this reason ^(C1)Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^(C2)the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.²³ "^(C1)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 ^(C1)judge according to appearance, but ^(F1)judge with righteous judgment."

²⁵ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?²⁶ "Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(C1)The rulers do not really know that this is ^(F1)the Christ, do they?²⁷ "However, ^(C1)we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from."²⁸ Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^(C1)teaching and saying, "^(C2)You both know Me and know where I am from; and ^(C3)I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.²⁹ "^(C1)I know Him, because ^(C2)I am from Him, and ^(C3)He sent Me."³⁰ So they ^(C1)were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^(C2)hour had not yet come.³¹ But ^(C1)many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "^(C2)When ^(F1)the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^(F2)(C3)signs than those which this man has, will He?"

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(C1)officers to ^(C2)seize Him.³³ Therefore Jesus said, "^(C1)For a little while longer I am with you, then ^(C2)I go to Him who sent Me.³⁴ "^(C1)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come."^35 (C1)The Jews then said to one another, "^(C2)Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^(C3)the Dispersion among ^(C4)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?³⁶ "What is this statement that He said, '^(C1)You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come'?"

³⁷ Now on ^(C1)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "^(F1)(C2)If anyone is thirsty, ^(F2)let him come to Me and drink.³⁸ "He who believes in Me, ^(C1)as the Scripture said, 'From ^(F1)his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(C2)living water.'"³⁹ But this He spoke ^(C1)of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(C2)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(C3)glorified.

Division of People over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is ^(C1)the Prophet."⁴¹ Others were saying, "This is ^(F1)the Christ." Still others were saying, "^(C1)Surely ^(F1)the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?⁴² "Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from ^(C1)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"⁴³ So ^(C1)a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.^44 (C1)Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵ The ^(C1)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?"⁴⁶ The ^(C1)officers answered, "^(C2)Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks."⁴⁷ The Pharisees then answered them, "^(C1)You have not also been led astray, have you?⁴⁸ "^(C1)No one of ^(C2)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?⁴⁹ "But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed."^50 (C1)Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) ^(*)said to them,⁵¹ "^(C1)Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"⁵² They answered him, "^(C1)You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."⁵³ [^(F1)Everyone went to his home.