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Gospel of John, Chapter 7

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Chapter 7 of John—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ After these things Jesus 1was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because 2the Jews 3were seeking to kill Him.
  2. Now the feast of the Jews, 4the Feast of Booths, was near.
  3. Therefore His 5brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your 6disciples also may see Your works which You are doing.
  4. For no one does anything in secret [a]when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
  5. For not even His 7brothers were believing in Him.
  6. So Jesus *said to them, “8My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.
  7. 9The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that 10its deeds are evil.
  8. Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because 11My time has not yet fully come.”
  9. Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
  10. ¶ But when His 12brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
  11. 13So the Jews 14were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?”
  12. There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; 15some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.”
  13. Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for 16fear of the Jews.
  14. ¶ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to 17teach.
  15. 18The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man 19become learned, having never been educated?”
  16. So Jesus answered them and said, “20My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
  17. 21If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.
  18. He who speaks from himself 22seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
  19. ¶ “23Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you 24seek to kill Me?”
  20. The crowd answered, “25You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”
  21. Jesus answered them, “I did 26one [b]deed, and you all marvel.
  22. For this reason 27Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from 28the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
  23. 29If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?
  24. Do not 30judge according to appearance, but [c]judge with righteous judgment.”
  25. ¶ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?
  26. Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. 31The rulers do not really know that this is [d]the Christ, do they?
  27. However, 32we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”
  28. Then Jesus cried out in the temple, 33teaching and saying, “34You both know Me and know where I am from; and 35I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
  29. 36I know Him, because 37I am from Him, and 38He sent Me.”
  30. So they 39were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His 40hour had not yet come.
  31. But 41many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “42When [e]the Christ comes, He will not perform more [f]43signs than those which this man has, will He?”
  32. ¶ The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent 44officers to 45seize Him.
  33. Therefore Jesus said, “46For a little while longer I am with you, then 47I go to Him who sent Me.
  34. 48You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
  35. 49The Jews then said to one another, “50Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to 51the Dispersion among 52the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?
  36. What is this statement that He said, ‘53You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”
  37. ¶ Now on 54the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “[g]55If anyone is thirsty, [h]let him come to Me and drink.
  38. He who believes in Me, 56as the Scripture said, ‘From [i]his innermost being will flow rivers of 57living water.’”
  39. But this He spoke 58of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for 59the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet 60glorified.
  40. Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is 61the Prophet.”
  41. Others were saying, “This is [j]the Christ.” Still others were saying, “62Surely [k]the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?
  42. Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from 63the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
  43. So 64a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.
  44. 65Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
  45. ¶ The 66officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”
  46. The 67officers answered, “68Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks.”
  47. The Pharisees then answered them, “69You have not also been led astray, have you?
  48. 70No one of 71the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he?
  49. But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”
  50. 72Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them,
  51. “73Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”
  52. They answered him, “74You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
  53. [[l]Everyone went to his home.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit and
  2. ^ Or work
  3. ^ Lit judge the righteous judgment
  4. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  5. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  6. ^ Or attesting miracles
  7. ^ Vv 37-38 may also be read: If anyone is thirsty,...let him come..., he who believes in me as...
  8. ^ Or let him keep coming to Me and let him keep drinking
  9. ^ Lit out of his belly
  10. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  11. ^ I.e. the Messiah
  12. ^ Later mss add the story of the adulterous woman, numbering it as John 7:53-8:11

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jn 4:3; 6:1; 11:54
  2. ^ Jn 1:19; 7:11, 13, 15, 35
  3. ^ Jn 5:18; 7:19; 8:37, 40; 11:53
  4. ^ Le 23:34; De 16:13, 16; Zc 14:16-19
  5. ^ Mt 12:46; Mr 3:21; Jn 7:5, 10
  6. ^ Jn 6:60
  7. ^ Mt 12:46; Mr 3:21; Jn 7:3, 10
  8. ^ Mt 26:18; Jn 2:4; 7:8, 30
  9. ^ Jn 15:18f
  10. ^ Jn 3:19f
  11. ^ Jn 7:6
  12. ^ Mt 12:46; Mr 3:21; Jn 7:3, 5
  13. ^ Jn 7:13, 15, 35
  14. ^ Jn 11:56
  15. ^ Jn 7:40-43
  16. ^ Jn 9:22; 12:42; 19:38; 20:19
  17. ^ Mt 26:55; Jn 7:28
  18. ^ Jn 1:19; 7:11, 13, 35
  19. ^ Ac 26:24
  20. ^ Jn 3:11
  21. ^ Ps 25:9, 14; Pr 3:32; Da 12:10; Jn 3:21; 8:43f
  22. ^ Jn 5:41; 8:50, 54; 12:43
  23. ^ Jn 1:17
  24. ^ Mr 11:18; Jn 7:1
  25. ^ Mt 11:18; Jn 8:48f, 52; 10:20
  26. ^ Jn 5:2-9, 16; 7:23
  27. ^ Le 12:3
  28. ^ Ge 17:10ff; 21:4; Ac 7:8
  29. ^ Mt 12:2; Jn 5:9, 10
  30. ^ Le 19:15; Is 11:3; Zc 7:9; Jn 8:15
  31. ^ Lu 23:13; Jn 3:1
  32. ^ Jn 6:42; 7:41f; 9:29
  33. ^ Jn 7:14
  34. ^ Jn 6:42; 7:14f; 9:29
  35. ^ Jn 8:42
  36. ^ Mt 11:27; Jn 8:55; 17:25
  37. ^ Jn 6:46
  38. ^ Jn 3:17
  39. ^ Mt 21:46; Jn 7:32, 44; 10:39
  40. ^ Jn 7:6; 8:20
  41. ^ Jn 2:23; 8:30; 10:42; 11:45; 12:11, 42
  42. ^ Jn 7:26
  43. ^ Jn 2:11
  44. ^ Mt 26:58; Jn 7:45f
  45. ^ Mt 12:14
  46. ^ Jn 12:35; 13:33; 14:19; 16:16-19
  47. ^ Jn 14:12, 28; 16:5, 10, 17, 28; 20:17
  48. ^ Jn 7:36; 8:21; 13:33
  49. ^ Jn 7:1
  50. ^ Jn 8:22
  51. ^ Ps 147:2; Is 11:12; 56:8; Zp 3:10; Jm 1:1; 1Pe 1:1
  52. ^ Jn 12:20; Ac 14:1; 17:4; 18:4; Ro 1:16
  53. ^ Jn 7:34; 8:21; 13:33
  54. ^ Le 23:36; Nu 29:35; Ne 8:18
  55. ^ Jn 4:10, 14; 6:35
  56. ^ Is 44:3; 55:1; 58:11
  57. ^ Jn 4:10
  58. ^ Jl 2:28; Jn 1:33
  59. ^ Jn 20:22; Ac 1:4f; 2:4, 33; 19:2
  60. ^ Jn 12:16, 23; 13:31f; 16:14; 17:1
  61. ^ Mt 21:11; Jn 1:21
  62. ^ Jn 1:46; 7:52
  63. ^ Ps 89:4; Mc 5:2; Mt 1:1; 2:5f; Lu 2:4ff
  64. ^ Jn 9:16; 10:19
  65. ^ Jn 7:30
  66. ^ Jn 7:32
  67. ^ Jn 7:32
  68. ^ Mt 7:28
  69. ^ Jn 7:12
  70. ^ Jn 12:42
  71. ^ Lu 23:13; Jn 7:26
  72. ^ Jn 3:1; 19:39
  73. ^ Ex 23:1; De 17:6; 19:15; Pr 18:13; Ac 23:3
  74. ^ Jn 1:46; 7:41

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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