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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 7
⁸ You go on. I’m not going to this festival, because my time has not yet come.”
⁹ After saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee.
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.
¹⁷ Anyone who 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.