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[And] after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he was unwilling to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
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Now the feast of the Jews, the tabernacles, was near.
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His brethren therefore said unto him, Remove hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples too may behold thy works which thou doest;
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for no one doeth anything in secret, and seeketh himself to be in public. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
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For not even did his brethren believe on him.
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Jesus therefore saith to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.
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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
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Go ye up unto the feast. I go not up unto this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled.
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Having said these things to them , he abode in Galilee.
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But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up, not manifestly but as in secret.
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The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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And there was much murmuring about him among the crowds. Some said, He is good; others said, No; but he deceiveth the crowd.
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No one, however, spoke openly about him because of the fear of the Jews.
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But now in the midst of the feast Jesus went up unto the temple and taught.
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The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knoweth this [man] letters, having not learned?
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Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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If one desire to do his will, he shall know about the doctrine whether it is of God or I speak from myself.
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He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him,—he is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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Hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doeth the law. Why do ye seek to kill me?
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The crowd answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
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Jesus answered and said to them, One work I did, and ye all wonder because of this.
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Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses but of the fathers), and on a Sabbath ye circumcise a man.
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If a man receiveth circumcision on a Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry at me because I made a man entirely sound on a Sabbath?
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Judge not according to sight, but judge the righteous judgment.
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Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
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And, behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Did the rulers indeed decide that this is the Christ?
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Howbeit we know him whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
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Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me and ye know whence I am; and I have not come from myself, but he that sent me is true whom ye know not.
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I know him, for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
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They sought therefore to seize him, and none laid hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this [man] did?
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The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officials to seize him.
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Then said Jesus, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find ; and where I am, ye cannot come.
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The Jews therefore said unto each other, Where is this [man] about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go unto the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
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What is this word which he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find ; and where I am, ye cannot come?
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Now in the last, the great, day of the feast Jesus stood and cried, saying, If anyone thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
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He that believeth on me, even as the scripture said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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But this said he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive, for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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[Some] of the crowd, therefore, when they heard these sayings, said: This is truly the prophet;
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others said, This is the Christ; others said, Doth the Christ then come out of Galilee?
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Did not the scripture say that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
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A division therefore took place in the crowd on account of him;
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and some of them wished to seize him, but none laid his hands on him.
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The officials therefore came unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and these said to them, Why did ye not bring him?
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The officials answered, Never man so spake as this man.
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The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?
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Did anyone of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees?
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But this crowd that knoweth not the law, they are accursed.
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Nicodemus saith unto them, being one of them,
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Doth our law judge the man, unless it have first heard from him, and know what he doeth?
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They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth out of Galilee.
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And they went each to his home.