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John 7:4

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If a person wants the people to know him, then that person must not hide the things he does. Show yourself to the world. Let them see these things (miracles) you do.”

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Jesus answered, “I have always spoken openly to all people. I always taught in the synagogues {\cf2\super [232]} and in the temple {\cf2\super [233]} area. All the Jews come together there. I never said anything in secret.


A good person has good things saved in his heart. And so he brings good things out of his heart. But an evil person has evil things saved in his heart. So he brings out bad things. A person speaks the things that are in his heart.


“The only reason they do good things is for other people to see them. They wear special boxes {\cf2\super [328]} full of Scriptures. {\cf2\super [329]} They make these boxes bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long \{so that people will see them\}.


“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites. {\cf2\super [75]} The hypocrites love to stand in the synagogues {\cf2\super [76]} and on the street corners and pray loudly. They want people to see them pray. I tell you the truth. They already have their full reward.


“When you fast, {\cf2\super [78]} don’t make yourselves look sad. The hypocrites {\cf2\super [79]} do that. Don’t be like the hypocrites. They make their faces look strange to show people that they are fasting. I tell you the truth, those hypocrites already have their full reward.


The devil said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off. Why? Because it is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [50]} \},


While this was happening, the officer went to find Micaiah. The officer found Micaiah and said to him, “All the other prophets have said that the king will succeed. So I tell you that the safest thing that you can do is to say the same thing.”


So Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to \{the festival in\} Judea. Then your followers there can see the miracles {\cf2\super [101]} you do.


(Even Jesus’ brothers did not believe in him.)





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