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Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very
words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64But
some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from
the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew
who would betray him.) 65Then he said, “That is why
I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father
gives them to me.”
66 At this point many of his disciples turned away
and deserted him. 67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve
and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”
68 Si mon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would
we go? You have the words that give eternal life.
69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One
of God.*”
70 Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but
one is a devil.” 71 He was speaking of Judas, son of
Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, who would later
betray him.
Jesus and His Brothers
After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He
wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish
leaders were plotting his death. 2 But soon it was
time for the Jewish Festival of Shelters, 3 and Jesus’
brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea,
where your followers can see your miracles! 4 You
can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you
can do such wonderful things, show yourself to
the world!” 5 For even his brothers didn’t believe
in him.
6 Jesus replied, “Now is not the right time for me to
go, but you can go anytime. 7The world can’t hate you,
but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.
8 You go on. I’m not going* to this festival, because my
time has not yet come.” 9After saying these things,
Jesus remained in Galilee.
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Jesus Teaches Openly at the Temple
10 But after his brothers left for the festival, Jesus
also went, though secretly, staying out of public
view. 11 The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the
festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him.
12 There was a lot of grumbling about him among
the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but
others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives
the people.” 13 But no one had the courage to speak
favorably about him in public, for they were afraid
of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.
14 Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went
up to the Temple and began to teach. 15 The people*
were surprised when they heard him. “How does he
know so much when he hasn’t been trained?” they
asked.
16 So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own;
it comes from God who sent me. 17Anyone who
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wants to do the will of God will know whether my
teaching is from God or is merely my own. 18 Those
who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who
sent him speaks truth, not lies. 19 Moses gave you the
law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying
to kill me.”
20 The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed!
Who’s trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath,
and you were amazed. 22 But you work on the Sabbath, too, when you obey Moses’ law of circumcision. (Actually, this tradition of circumcision began
with the patriarchs, long before the law of Moses.)
23 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 you
be angry with me for healing a man on the Sabbath? 24 Look beneath the surface so you can judge
correctly.”
Is Jesus the Messiah?
Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem started
to ask each other, “Isn’t this the man they are trying
to kill? 26 But here he is, speaking in public, and they
say nothing to him. Could our leaders possibly believe that he is the Messiah? 27 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.”
28 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he
called out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where
I come from. But I’m not here on my own. The one
who sent me is true, and you don’t know him. 29 But
I know him because I come from him, and he sent
me to you.” 30 Then the leaders tried to arrest him;
but no one laid a hand on him, because his time* had
not yet come.
31 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?”
32 When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were
whispering such things, they and the leading priests
sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus. 33But Jesus told
them, “I will be with you only a little longer. Then I
will return to the one who sent me. 34You will search
for me but not find me. And you cannot go where I
am going.”
35 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Is
he thinking of leaving the country and going to the
Jews in other lands?* Maybe he will even teach the
Greeks! 36 What does he mean when he says, ‘You will
search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go
where I am going’?”
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6:69 Other manuscripts read you are the Christ, the Holy One of God; still others read you are the Christ, the Son of God; and still
others read you are the Christ, the Son of the living God. 7:8 Some manuscripts read not yet going. 7:15 Greek Jewish people.
7:30 Greek his hour. 7:35 Or the Jews who live among the Greeks?
