6Jesus 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.

8You go on. I’m not going7:8 Some manuscripts read not yet going. to this festival, because my time has not yet come.”

9After saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee.

14Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach.

15The people7:15 Greek Jewish people. were surprised when they heard him. “How does he know so much when he hasn’t been trained?” they asked.

16So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.

17Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

18Those 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.

20The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed! Who’s trying to kill you?”

21Jesus replied, “I did one miracle on the Sabbath, and you were amazed.

22But 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.)

23For 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?

28While 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.

29But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you.”

30Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time7:30 Greek his hour. had not yet come.

31Many 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?”

32When 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.

35The 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?7:35 Or the Jews who live among the Greeks? Maybe he will even teach the Greeks!

36What does he mean when he says, ‘You will search for me but not find me,’ and ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”

45When the Temple guards returned without having arrested Jesus, the leading priests and Pharisees demanded, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46“We have never heard anyone speak like this!” the guards responded.

47“Have you been led astray, too?” the Pharisees mocked.

48“Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him?

49This foolish crowd follows him, but they are ignorant of the law. God’s curse is on them!”

50Then Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, spoke up.

51“Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?” he asked.

52They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no prophet ever comes7:52 Some manuscripts read the prophet does not come. from Galilee!”