John 7:5-17

⁵They said this critically, because even though they were his own younger brothers, they did not believe he was from God.

⁶So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me MTY to go to the celebration. For you, any time is right to go to the celebration.

⁷The people MTY who ◄ do not believe in me/do not belong to God► cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.

⁸You (pl) go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up to Jerusalem to the celebration yet, because now is not the right time for me to go.”

⁹After he said that, Jesus stayed a little longer in Galilee.

¹⁰However, a few days after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with us disciples, but no others went with us.

¹¹At the celebration, the Jewish leaders were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”

¹²Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”

¹³But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders SYN.

¹⁴In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple courtyard and began to teach people.

¹⁵The Jewish elders were amazed at what he was saying. They said, “This man never studied in one of our religious schools! So ◄how can he have learned so much about Scripture?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned so much about Scripture!► RHQ”

¹⁶Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from God, the one who sent me.

¹⁷Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with only my own authority.