John 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
After these things Jesus traveled about in Galilee, for he did not want to go into Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Now the Jewish Festival of Shelters was near.
3 And his brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.
His brothers therefore said to him, “Leave this place and go to Judea, so that your disciples also may see the works that you do.
4 For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
No one does anything in secret if he himself wants to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
8 Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this festival day: because my time is not accomplished.
You go up to the festival; I am not going to this festival because my time has not yet been fulfilled.”
9 When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee.
After he said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
10 But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.
But when his brothers had gone up to the festival, then he also went up, not publicly but in secret.
11 The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, and said: Where is he?
The Jews were looking for him at the festival and said, “Where is he?”
12 And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people.
There was much discussion among the crowds about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “No, he leads the crowds astray.”
13 Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Yet no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
15 And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
Then the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know so much? He has never been educated.”
16 Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is of him who sent me.
17 If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
If anyone wishes to do his will, he will know about this teaching, whether it comes from God, or whether I speak from myself.
18 He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him.
Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but whoever seeks the glory of him who sent him, that person is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
19 Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?
The crowd answered, “You have a demon. Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Jesus answered, and said to them: One work I have done; and you all wonder:
Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.
22 Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers; ) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.
Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the ancestors), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?
If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment.
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteously.”
25 Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is not this the one they seek to kill?
26 And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the Christ?
See, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. It cannot be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ, can it?
27 But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Yet we know where this one is from. But when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom you know not.
Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me and know where I come from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, and you do not know him.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
I know him because I come from him and he sent me.”
30 They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
They were trying to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.
31 But of the people many believed in him, and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these which this man doth?
But many in the crowd believed in him, and they said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than what this one has done?”
32 The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.
The Pharisees heard the crowds whispering these things about Jesus, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.
Jesus then said, “I am still with you for a short amount of time, and then I go to him who sent me.
34 You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come.
You will seek me but you will not find me; where I go, you will not be able to come.”
35 The Jews therefore said 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?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we will not be able to find him? Will he go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
36 What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me but will not find me; where I go, you will not be able to come'?”
37 And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
Now on the last, great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
38 He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
He who believes in me, just as the scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his stomach.”
39 Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
But he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him would receive; the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.
Some of the crowd, when they heard these words, said, “This is indeed the prophet.”
41 Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Does the Christ come from Galilee?
42 Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
Have the scriptures not said that the Christ will come from the descendants of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
43 So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
So there arose a division in the crowds because of him.
44 And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands on him.
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him?
Then the officers came back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
46 The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.
The officers answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this.”
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
So the Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived?
48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
Have any of the rulers believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
49 But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are accursed.
But this crowd that does not know the law, they are cursed.”
50 Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who was one of them: )
Nicodemus (one of the Pharisees, who came to him earlier) said to them,
51 Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?
“Does our law judge a man before hearing from him and knowing what he does?”
52 They answered, and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not.
They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet comes from Galilee.”
53 And every man returned to his own house.
[Then everyone went to his own house.
