{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Gospel According to Saint John<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 7<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,1,&quot;John&quot;)\">A<\/span>fter these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,2,&quot;John&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Now the Jew&#039;s feast of tabernacles was at hand.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,3,&quot;John&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,4,&quot;John&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,5,&quot;John&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For neither did his brethren believe in him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,6,&quot;John&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,7,&quot;John&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,8,&quot;John&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,9,&quot;John&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,10,&quot;John&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,11,&quot;John&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,12,&quot;John&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,13,&quot;John&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,14,&quot;John&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,15,&quot;John&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,16,&quot;John&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,17,&quot;John&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,18,&quot;John&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,19,&quot;John&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,20,&quot;John&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,21,&quot;John&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,22,&quot;John&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"23\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,23,&quot;John&quot;)\">23<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"24\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,24,&quot;John&quot;)\">24<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"25\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,25,&quot;John&quot;)\">25<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"26\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,26,&quot;John&quot;)\">26<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"27\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,27,&quot;John&quot;)\">27<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"28\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,28,&quot;John&quot;)\">28<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"29\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,29,&quot;John&quot;)\">29<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"30\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,30,&quot;John&quot;)\">30<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"31\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,31,&quot;John&quot;)\">31<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"32\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,32,&quot;John&quot;)\">32<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"33\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,33,&quot;John&quot;)\">33<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"34\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,34,&quot;John&quot;)\">34<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"35\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,35,&quot;John&quot;)\">35<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"36\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,36,&quot;John&quot;)\">36<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"37\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,37,&quot;John&quot;)\">37<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"38\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,38,&quot;John&quot;)\">38<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"39\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,39,&quot;John&quot;)\">39<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"40\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,40,&quot;John&quot;)\">40<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"41\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,41,&quot;John&quot;)\">41<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"42\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,42,&quot;John&quot;)\">42<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"43\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,43,&quot;John&quot;)\">43<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">So there was a division among the people because of him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"44\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,44,&quot;John&quot;)\">44<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"45\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,45,&quot;John&quot;)\">45<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"46\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,46,&quot;John&quot;)\">46<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"47\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,47,&quot;John&quot;)\">47<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"48\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,48,&quot;John&quot;)\">48<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"49\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,49,&quot;John&quot;)\">49<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"50\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,50,&quot;John&quot;)\">50<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"51\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,51,&quot;John&quot;)\">51<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"52\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,52,&quot;John&quot;)\">52<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"53\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,4,7,53,&quot;John&quot;)\">53<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And every man went unto his own house.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/4\/6\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/4\/8\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John, Chapter 7 — King James Version","book_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John","toolbar_title":"The Gospel According to Saint John — Ch. 7","prev_url":"\/kjv\/2\/4\/6","next_url":"\/kjv\/2\/4\/8","tid":2,"book_id":4,"chapter":7,"num_chapters":21,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"John","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/2\/4\/7","meta_desc":"After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 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