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John 7:9-16 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

9. He said this, and then stayed on in Galilee.

10. After his brothers had gone to the festival, Jesus also went; however, he did not go openly, but secretly.

11. The Jewish authorities were looking for him at the festival. “Where is he?” they asked.

12. There was much whispering about him in the crowd. “He is a good man,” some people said. “No,” others said, “he is misleading the people.”

13. But no one talked about him openly, because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities.

14. The festival was nearly half over when Jesus went to the Temple and began teaching.

15. The Jewish authorities were greatly surprised and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had any training?”

16. Jesus answered, “What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me.

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