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John 7

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John 7 Bible text

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After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judæa, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.

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Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.

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His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

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His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.

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For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

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For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

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For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

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For even his brethren did not believe on him.

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Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

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Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.

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The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

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

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You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”

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Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.

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Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.

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And having said these things unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

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But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

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But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

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The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”

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

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There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

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And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.

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Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

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Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

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But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

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But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

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The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

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The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

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Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

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Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

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If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.

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If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

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He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

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Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

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The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”

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The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

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Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.

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Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.

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Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.

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Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.

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If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

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If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

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Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

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Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?

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Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

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Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

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And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?

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However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

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Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.

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Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.

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Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and 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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I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”

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I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

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They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

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They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

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But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?

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The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

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The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.

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Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

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Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.

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You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

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The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

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The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”

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What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

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Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

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Now on the last day, the 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 who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

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He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

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But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

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But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”

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Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

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Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

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Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?

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Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

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Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

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So a division arose in the multitude because of him.

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So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

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Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

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

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The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

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The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?

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The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

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The officers answered, Never man so spake.

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The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

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The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?

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Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?

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Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

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But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”

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But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.

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Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

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Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),

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“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

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Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

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They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”

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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

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Everyone went to his own house,

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[And they went every man unto his own house: