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Chapter 7
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After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not
walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. |
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Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. |
3
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His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into
Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. |
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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. |
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For neither did his brethren believe in him. |
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Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not
yet come: but your time is alway ready. |
7
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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. |
8
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Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet
unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come. |
9
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When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. |
10
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But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto
the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. |
11
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Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? |
12
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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. |
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Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. |
14
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Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple,
and taught. |
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And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,
having never learned? |
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Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine
is not mine, but his that sent me. |
17
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If any man will do his will, he shall know
of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
myself. |
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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. |
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Did not Moses give you the law, and yet
none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? |
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The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about
to kill thee? |
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Jesus answered and said unto them, I have
done one work, and ye all marvel. |
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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. |
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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? |
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Judge not according to the appearance,
but judge righteous judgment. |
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Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they
seek to kill? |
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But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do
the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? |
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Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh,
no man knoweth whence he is. |
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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. |
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But I know him: for I am from him, and
he hath sent me. |
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Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because
his hour was not yet come. |
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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? |
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The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning
him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to
take him. |
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Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little
while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. |
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me:
and where I am, thither ye cannot come. |
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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? |
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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? |
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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. |
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He that believeth on me, as the scripture
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. |
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(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.) |
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Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said,
Of a truth this is the Prophet. |
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Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ
come out of Galilee? |
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Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of
David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? |
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So there was a division among the people because of him. |
44
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And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands
on him. |
45
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Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and
they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? |
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The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. |
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Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? |
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Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? |
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But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. |
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Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being
one of them,) |
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Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what
he doeth? |
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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search,
and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. |
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And every man went unto his own house. |