{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/john/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:58:19.858Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":7,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":53},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For even his brethren did not believe on him."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And having said these things unto them, he abode'still in Galilee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"So there arose a division in the multitude because of him."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"The officers answered, Never man so spake."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?"},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"And they went every man unto his own house:"}],"citation":{"inline":"John 7 (ASV)","markdown":"[John 7](https://primebible.com/asv/john/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/john/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}