Jesus at the Feast of Booths

1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would ^mnot go about in Judea, because the Jews¹ were ⁿseeking to kill him. 2 Now ^othe Jews’ ^pFeast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers² said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^qshow yourself to the world.” 5 For ^rnot even his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, ^s“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it ^thates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not³ going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 The Jews were ^ulooking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” ^vothers said, “No, he is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet ^wfor fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple ^xand began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore ^ymarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,^{4 z}when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, ^a“My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone’s will is to do God’s⁵ will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority ^bseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 Has not ^cMoses given you the law? ^dYet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You ^ehave a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did ^fone work, and you all marvel at it. 22 ^gMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^hfrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the ⁱSabbath. 23 ^jIf on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me ^kbecause on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? 24 Do not judge ^lby ^mappearances, but ⁿjudge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, speaking ^oopenly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^pthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But ^qwe know where this man comes from, and ^rwhen the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^sI have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is ^ttrue, and ^uhim you do not know. 29 ^vI know him, for I come ^wfrom him, and he sent me.” 30 So they were seeking to ^xarrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet ^ymany of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more ^zsigns than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you ^aa little longer, and then I am ^bgoing to him who sent me. 34 ^cYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^dDoes he intend to go to ^ethe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean ^fby saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

37 ^gOn the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^h“If anyone thirsts, let him ⁱcome to me and drink. 38 Whoever ^jbelieves in me, as⁶ the Scripture has said, ^k‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^lliving water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were ^mto receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, ⁿbecause Jesus was not yet ^oglorified.

Division Among the People

40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, ^p“This really is ^qthe Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, ^r“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 ^sHas not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the ^toffspring of David, and comes ^ufrom Bethlehem, ^vthe village where David was?” 43 So there was a ^wdivision among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, ^x“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been ^ydeceived? 48 ^zHave any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 Nicodemus, ^awho had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.]⁷

The Woman Caught in Adultery

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God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.