THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN 7

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1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would not walk in Jewry because the Jews sought to kill him ⚑

2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand ⚑

3 His brethren therefore said unto him Depart hence and go into Judæa that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest ⚑

4 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 ⚑

5 For neither did his brethren believe in him ⚑

6 Then Jesus said unto them My time is not yet come but your time is alway ready ⚑

7 The world cannot hate you but me it hateth because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil ⚑

8 Go ye up unto this feast I go not up yet unto this feast for my time is not yet full come ⚑

9 When he had said these words unto them he abode still in Galilee ⚑

10 But when his brethren were gone up then went he also up unto the feast not openly but as it were in secret ⚑

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast and said Where is he ⚑

12 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 ⚑

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews ⚑

14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught ⚑

15 And the Jews marvelled saying How knoweth this man letters having never learned ⚑

16 Jesus answered them and said My doctrine is not mine but his that sent me ⚑

17 If any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself ⚑

18 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 ⚑

19 Did not Moses give you the law and yet none of you keepeth the law Why go ye about to kill me ⚑

20 The people answered and said Thou hast a devil who goeth about to kill thee ⚑

21 Jesus answered and said unto them I have done one work and ye all marvel ⚑

22 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 ⚑

23 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 ⚑

24 Judge not according to the appearance but judge righteous judgment ⚑

25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem Is not this he whom they seek to kill ⚑

26 But lo he speaketh boldly and they say nothing unto him Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ ⚑

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is but when Christ cometh no man knoweth whence he is ⚑

28 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 ⚑

29 But I know him for I am from him and he hath sent me ⚑

30 Then they sought to take him but no man laid hands on him because his hour was not yet come ⚑

31 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 ⚑

32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him ⚑

33 Then said Jesus unto them Yet a little while am I with you and then I go unto him that sent me ⚑

34 Ye shall seek me and shall not find me and where I am thither ye cannot come ⚑

35 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 ⚑

36 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 ⚑

37 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 ⚑

38 He that believeth on me as the scripture hath said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water ⚑

39 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 ⚑

40 Many of the people therefore when they heard this saying said Of a truth this is the Prophet ⚑

41 Others said This is the Christ But some said Shall Christ come out of Galilee ⚑

42 Hath not the scripture said That Christ cometh of the seed of David and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was ⚑

43 So there was a division among the people because of him ⚑

44 And some of them would have taken him but no man laid hands on him ⚑

45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees and they said unto them Why have ye not brought him ⚑

46 The officers answered Never man spake like this man ⚑

47 Then answered them the Pharisees Are ye also deceived ⚑

48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him ⚑

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed ⚑

50 Nicodemus saith unto them he that came to Jesus by night being one of them ⚑

51 Doth our law judge any man before it hear him and know what he doeth ⚑

52 They answered and said unto him Art thou also of Galilee Search and look for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet ⚑

53 And every man went unto his own house ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain