John 7

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee. For he was not willing to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.	1 After this, Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him.
2 Now the feast day of the Jews, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.	2 But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.
3 And his brothers said to him: “Move away from here and go into Judea, so that your disciples there may also see your works that you do.	3 So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
4 Of course, no one does anything in secret, but he himself seeks to be in the public view. Since you do these things, manifest yourself to the world.”	4 No one works in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, manifest yourself to the world."
5 For neither did his brothers believe in him.	5 For his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Therefore, Jesus said to them: “My time has not yet come; but your time is always at hand.	6 So Jesus said to them, "My time is not yet here, but the time is always right for you.
7 The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.	7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify to it that its works are evil.
8 You may go up to this feast day. But I am not going up to this feast day, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.”	8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, because my time has not yet been fulfilled."
9 When he had said these things, he himself remained in Galilee.	9 After he had said this, he stayed on in Galilee.
10 But after his brothers went up, then he also went up to the feast day, not openly, but as if in secret.	10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but (as it were) in secret.
11 Therefore, the Jews were seeking him on the feast day, and they were saying, “Where is he?”	11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast and saying, "Where is he?"
12 And there was much murmuring in the crowd concerning him. For certain ones were saying, “He is good.” But others were saying, “No, for he seduces the crowds.”	12 And there was considerable murmuring about him in the crowds. Some said, "He is a good man," (while) others said, "No; on the contrary, he misleads the crowd."
13 Yet no one was speaking openly about him, out of fear of the Jews.	13 Still, no one spoke openly about him because they were afraid of the Jews.
14 Then, about the middle of the feast, Jesus ascended into the temple, and he was teaching.	14 When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple area and began to teach.
15 And the Jews wondered, saying: “How does this one know letters, though he has not been taught?”	15 The Jews were amazed and said, "How does he know scripture without having studied?"
16 Jesus responded to them and said: “My doctrine is not of me, but of him who sent me.	16 Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not my own but is from the one who sent me.
17 If anyone has chosen to do his will, then he will realize, about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I am speaking from myself.	17 Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 Whoever speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But whoever seeks the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and injustice is not in him.	18 Whoever speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but whoever seeks the glory of the one who sent him is truthful, and there is no wrong in him.
19 Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one among you keeps the law!	19 Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
20 Why are you seeking to kill me?” The crowd responded and said: “You must have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?”	20 The crowd answered, "You are possessed! Who is trying to kill you?"
21 Jesus responded and said to them: “One work have I done, and you all wonder.	21 Jesus answered and said to them, "I performed one work and all of you are amazed
22 For Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.	22 because of it. Moses gave you circumcision--not that it came from Moses but rather from the patriarchs--and you circumcise a man on the sabbath.
23 If a man can receive circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you indignant toward me, because I have made a man whole on the Sabbath?	23 If a man can receive circumcision on a sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole person well on a sabbath?
24 Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment.”	24 Stop judging by appearances, but judge justly."
25 Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem said: “Is he not the one whom they are seeking to kill?	25 So some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, "Is he not the one they are trying to kill?
26 And behold, he is speaking openly, and they say nothing to him. Could the leaders have decided that it is true this one is the Christ?	26 And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him. Could the authorities have realized that he is the Messiah?
27 But we know him and where he is from. And when the Christ has arrived, no one will know where he is from.”	27 But we know where he is from. When the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from."
28 Therefore, Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: “You know me, and you also know where I am from. And I have not arrived of myself, but he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.	28 So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, "You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.
29 I know him. For I am from him, and he has sent me.”	29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
30 Therefore, they were seeking to apprehend him, and yet no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.	30 So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 But many among the crowd believed in him, and they were saying, “When the Christ arrives, will he perform more signs than this man does?”	31 But many of the crowd began to believe in him, and said, "When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man has done?"
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him. And the leaders and the Pharisees sent attendants to apprehend him.	32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring about him to this effect, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent guards to arrest him.
33 Therefore, Jesus said to them: “For a brief time, I am still with you, and then I am going to him who sent me.	33 So Jesus said, "I will be with you only a little while longer, and then I will go to the one who sent me.
34 You shall seek me, and you will not find me. And where I am, you are not able to go.”	34 You will look for me but not find (me), and where I am you cannot come."
35 And so the Jews said among themselves: “Where is this place to which he will go, such that we will not find him? Will he go to those dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?	35 So the Jews said to one another, "Where is he going that we will not find him? Surely he is not going to the dispersion among the Greeks to teach the Greeks, is he?
36 What is this word that he spoke, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am, you are not able to go?’ ”	36 What is the meaning of his saying, 'You will look for me and not find (me), and where I am you cannot come'?"
37 Then, on the last great day of the feast, Jesus was standing and crying out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink:	37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, "Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink.
38 whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”	38 Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: 'Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'"
39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.	39 He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who came to believe in him were to receive. There was, of course, no Spirit yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40 Therefore, some from that crowd, when they had heard these words of his, were saying, “This one truly is the Prophet.”	40 Some in the crowd who heard these words said, "This is truly the Prophet."
41 Others were saying, “He is the Christ.” Yet certain ones were saying: “Does the Christ come from Galilee?	41 Others said, "This is the Messiah." But others said, "The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he?
42 Does Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?”	42 Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David's family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"
43 And so there arose a dissension among the multitude because of him.	43 So a division occurred in the crowd because of him.
44 Now certain ones among them wanted to apprehended him, but no one laid hands upon him.	44 Some of them even wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 Therefore, the attendants went to the high priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them, “Why have you not brought him?”	45 So the guards went to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why did you not bring him?"
46 The attendants responded, “Never has a man spoken like this man.”	46 The guards answered, "Never before has anyone spoken like this one."
47 And so the Pharisees answered them: “Have you also been seduced?	47 So the Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?
48 Have any of the leaders believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?	48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him?
49 But this crowd, which does not know the law, they are accursed.”	49 But this crowd, which does not know the law, is accursed."
50 Nicodemus, the one who came to him by night and who was one of them, said to them,	50 Nicodemus, one of their members who had come to him earlier, said to them,
51 “Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?”	51 "Does our law condemn a person before it first hears him and finds out what he is doing?"
52 They responded and said to him: “Are you also a Galilean? Study the Scriptures, and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee.”	52 They answered and said to him, "You are not from Galilee also, are you? Look and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."
53 And each one returned to his own house.	53 Then each went to his own house,