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John 7:1
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And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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John 7:2
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Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
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John 7:3
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His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works which thou doest.
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John 7:4
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For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
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John 7:5
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For even his brethren did not believe on him.
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John 7:6
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Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
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John 7:7
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The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
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John 7:8
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Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
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John 7:9
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And having said these things unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
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John 7:10
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But when his brethren were gone up unto the feast, then went he also up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
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John 7:11
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The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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John 7:12
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And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.
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John 7:13
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Yet no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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John 7:14
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But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
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John 7:15
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The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
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John 7:16
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Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
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John 7:17
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If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
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John 7:18
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He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
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John 7:19
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Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?
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John 7:20
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The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
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John 7:21
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Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.
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John 7:22
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Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
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John 7:23
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If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
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John 7:24
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Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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John 7:25
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Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
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John 7:26
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And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
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John 7:27
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Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
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John 7:28
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Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
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John 7:29
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I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
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John 7:30
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They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.
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John 7:31
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But of the multitude many believed on him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man hath done?
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John 7:32
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The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
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John 7:33
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Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.
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John 7:34
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
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John 7:35
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The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
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John 7:36
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What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
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John 7:37
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Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
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John 7:38
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He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
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John 7:39
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But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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John 7:40
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[Some] of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.
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John 7:41
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Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
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John 7:42
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Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
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John 7:43
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So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
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John 7:44
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And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
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John 7:45
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The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why did ye not bring him?
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John 7:46
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The officers answered, Never a man so spake.
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John 7:47
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The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also led astray?
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John 7:48
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Hath any of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
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John 7:49
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But this multitude that knoweth not the law are accursed.
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John 7:50
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Nicodemus saith unto them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
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John 7:51
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Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?
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John 7:52
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They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and see that out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
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John 7:53
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And they went every man unto his own house:
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