Chapter 7

  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 Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.  

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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.  

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  The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.  

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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.  

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  When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.  

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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.  

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  Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?  

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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  And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.  

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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.  

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