{"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/wbt/john/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-20T04:59:49.102Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":7,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":53},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"His brethren therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"(For neither did his brethren believe in him.)"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then Jesus said to 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 concerning it, that its works are evil."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Go ye up to this feast: I go not yet to this feast, for my time is not yet full come."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"When he had said these words to them, he abode still in Galilee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But when his brethren had gone up, then he went also to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceiveth the people."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Yet, no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"If any man will do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory 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 keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who goeth about to kill thee?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"But we know this man, whence he is: whereas when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye 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":"But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go to him that sent me."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Ye will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?"},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"(But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Will Christ come out of Galilee?"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh from the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"So there was a division among the people because of him."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?"},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed on him?"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"But this people who know not the law are cursed."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Nicodemus saith to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them)"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?"},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"And every man went to his own house."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 7 (WBT)","markdown":"[John 7](https://primebible.com/wbt/john/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/john/7 (accessed 2026-06-20)."}}