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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 So His ^(C1)brothers said to Him, "Move on from 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 is striving to be known publicly. If You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world."⁵ For not even His ^(C1)brothers believed in Him.⁶ So Jesus ^(*)said to them, "^(C1)My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready.⁷ "^(C1)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify about it, that ^(C2)its deeds are evil.⁸ "Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, because ^(C1)My time has not yet fully arrived."⁹ Now 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 though in secret.^11 (C1)So the Jews ^(C2)were looking for Him at the feast and saying, "Where is He?"¹² And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: ^(C1)some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people."¹³ However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for ^(C1)fear of ^(F1)the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to ^(C1)teach.^15 (C1)The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this Man ^(C2)become learned, not having been educated?"¹⁶ So Jesus answered them and said, "^(C1)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.¹⁷ "^(C1)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.¹⁸ "The one 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 Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you ^(C2)seeking to kill Me?"²⁰ The crowd answered, "^(C1)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?"²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did ^(C1)one ^(F1)deed, and you all are astonished.²² "For this reason ^(C1)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from ^(C2)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man.²³ "^(C1)If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath?²⁴ "Do not ^(C1)judge by the outward appearance, but judge ^(F1)with righteous judgment."

²⁵ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this Man not the one whom they are seeking to kill?²⁶ "And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^(C1)The rulers do not really know that this is the ^(F1)Christ, do they?²⁷ "However, ^(C1)we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, 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 you 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 do know Him, because ^(C2)I am from Him, and ^(C3)He sent Me."³⁰ So they ^(C1)were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a 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 the ^(F1)Christ comes, He will not perform more ^(F2)(C3)signs than those which this man has done, will He?"

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^(C1)officers to ^(C2)arrest Him.³³ Therefore Jesus said, "^(C1)For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then ^(C2)I am going 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 does not intend to go to ^(C3)the Dispersion among ^(C4)the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does 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, "^(C2)If anyone is thirsty, ^(F1)let him come to Me and drink.³⁸ "The one who believes in Me, ^(C1)as the Scripture said, '^(F1)From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(C2)living water.'"³⁹ But this He said ^(C1)in reference to 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.

People's Division over Jesus

⁴⁰ Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, "This truly is ^(C1)the Prophet."⁴¹ Others were saying, "This is the ^(F1)Christ." But others were saying, "^(C1)Surely the ^(F1)Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He?⁴² "Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(C1)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"⁴³ So ^(C1)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him.⁴⁴ And ^(C1)some of them wanted to arrest 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 in this way!"⁴⁷ The Pharisees then replied to them, "^(C1)You have not been led astray too, have you?⁴⁸ "^(C1)Not one of ^(C2)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?⁴⁹ "But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!"^50 (C1)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) ^(*)said to them,⁵¹ "^(C1)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?"⁵² They answered and said to him, "^(C1)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee."⁵³ [[^(F1)And everyone went to his home.