John.7.14

With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple, teaching.

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Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.

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Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

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Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.

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The Jews were impressed, but puzzled: "How does he know so much without being schooled?"

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The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"

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And the Jews marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?"

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The Jewish leaders were surprised when they heard him. "How does he know so much when he hasn't studied everything we've studied?" they asked.

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Jesus said, "I didn't make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me.

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Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.

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Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

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So Jesus told them, "I'm not teaching my own ideas, but those of God who sent me.

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Anyone who wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it's from God or whether I'm making it up.

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If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

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If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

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Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

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A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn't tamper with reality.

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He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

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He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

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Those who present their own ideas are looking for praise for themselves, but those who seek to honor the one who sent them are good and genuine.

John.7.19

It was Moses, wasn't it, who gave you God's Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to kill me?"

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Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

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Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"

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None of you obeys the law of Moses! In fact, you are trying to kill me."

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The crowd said, "You're crazy! Who's trying to kill you? You're demon-possessed."

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"You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"

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The people answered and said, "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?"

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The crowd replied, "You're demon possessed! Who's trying to kill you?"

John.7.21

Jesus said, "I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you're still standing around getting all upset, wondering what I'm up to.

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Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.

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Jesus answered and said to them, "I did one work, and you all marvel.

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Jesus replied, "I worked on the Sabbath by healing a man, and you were offended.

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Moses prescribed circumcision--originally it came not from Moses but from his ancestors--and so you circumcise a man, dealing with one part of his body, even if it's the Sabbath.

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Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath.

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Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

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But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses' law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision is older than the law of Moses; it goes back to Abraham.)

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You do this in order to preserve one item in the Law of Moses. So why are you upset with me because I made a man's whole body well on the Sabbath?

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Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?

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If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

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For if the correct time for circumcising your son falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it, so as not to break the law of Moses. So why should I be condemned for making a man completely well on the Sabbath?

John.7.24

Don't be nitpickers; use your head--and heart!-to discern what is right, to test what is authentically right."

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Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."

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Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."

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Think this through and you will see that I am right."

John.7.25

That's when some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the one they were out to kill?

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At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

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Now some of them from Jerusalem said, "Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

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Some of the people who lived there in Jerusalem said among themselves, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

John.7.26

And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is stopping him. Could it be that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah?

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Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ?

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But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?

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But here he is, speaking in public, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that our leaders know that he really is the Messiah?

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And yet we know where this man came from. The Messiah is going to come out of nowhere. Nobody is going to know where he comes from."

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But we know where this man is from; when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."

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However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from."

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But how could he be? For we know where this man comes from. When the Messiah comes, he will simply appear; no one will know where he comes from."

John.7.28

That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, "Yes, you think you know me and where I'm from, but that's not where I'm from. I didn't set myself up in business. My true origin is in the One who sent me, and you don't know him at all.

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Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,

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Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, "You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

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While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I represent one you don't know, and he is true.

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I come from him--that's how I know him. He sent me here."

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but I know him because I am from him and he sent me."

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But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me."

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I know him because I have come from him, and he sent me to you."

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They were looking for a way to arrest him, but not a hand was laid on him because it wasn't yet God's time.

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At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

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Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

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Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

John.7.31

Many from the crowd committed themselves in faith to him, saying, "Will the Messiah, when he comes, provide better or more convincing evidence than this?"

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Still, many in the crowd put their faith in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man?"

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And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"

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Many among the crowds at the Temple believed in him. "After all," they said, "would you expect the Messiah to do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"

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The Pharisees, alarmed at this seditious undertow going through the crowd, teamed up with the high priests and sent their police to arrest him.

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The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

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The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

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When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were murmuring such things, they and the leading priests sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.

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Jesus rebuffed them: "I am with you only a short time. Then I go on to the One who sent me.

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Jesus said, "I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me.

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Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.

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But Jesus told them, "I will be here a little longer. Then I will return to the one who sent me.

John.7.34

You will look for me, but you won't find me. Where I am, you can't come."

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You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come."

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You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come."

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You will search for me but not find me. And you won't be able to come where I am."

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The Jews put their heads together. "Where do you think he is going that we won't be able to find him? Do you think he is about to travel to the Greek world to teach the Jews?

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The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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Then the Jews said among themselves, "Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

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The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. "Where is he planning to go?" they asked. "Maybe he is thinking of leaving the country and going to the Jews in other lands, or maybe even to the Gentiles!

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What is he talking about, anyway: "You will look for me, but you won't find me,' and "Where I am, you can't come'?"

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What did he mean when he said, 'You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and 'Where I am, you cannot come'?"

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What is this thing that He said, "You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

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What does he mean when he says, 'You will search for me but not find me,' and 'You won't be able to come where I am'?"

John.7.37

On the final and climactic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

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On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

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On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

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On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, "If you are thirsty, come to me!

John.7.38

Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says."

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Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

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He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

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If you believe in me, come and drink! For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water will flow out from within."

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(He said this in regard to the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. The Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)

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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

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But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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(When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)

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Those in the crowd who heard these words were saying, "This has to be the Prophet."

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On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."

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Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, "Truly this is the Prophet."

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When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, "This man surely is the Prophet."

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Others said, "He is the Messiah!" But others were saying, "The Messiah doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

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Others said, "He is the Christ."

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Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Will the Christ come out of Galilee?

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Others said, "He is the Messiah." Still others said, "But he can't be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee?

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Don't the Scriptures tell us that the Messiah comes from David's line and from Bethlehem, David's village?"

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Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?"

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Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?"

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For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born."

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So there was a split in the crowd over him.

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Thus the people were divided because of Jesus.

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So there was a division among the people because of Him.

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So the crowd was divided in their opinion about him.

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Some went so far as wanting to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.

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Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

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Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

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And some wanted him arrested, but no one touched him.