John 7:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 3:21 : 21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”
  • John 1:11-13 : 11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children 13 – children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.
  • John 7:3 : 3 So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.
  • John 7:10 : 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets! 6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.

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  • John 7:3-4
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    3 So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

    4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

  • 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

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    55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

    56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? So where did he get all this?”

    57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

    58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

  • 38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • 10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

  • 6 So Jesus replied,“My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!

  • 11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

  • 12 Cleansing the Temple After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

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    37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

    38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

  • Mark 6:3-4
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    3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him.

    4 Then Jesus said to them,“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.”

  • 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

  • Mark 3:30-33
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    30 (because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).

    31 Jesus’ True Family Then Jesus’ mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

    32 A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

    33 He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”

  • 13 They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

  • 25 He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand.

  • Luke 8:19-20
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    19 Jesus’ True Family Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

    20 So he was told,“Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

  • 44 Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

  • 47 But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

  • 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

  • 44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

  • 36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • John 7:30-31
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    30 So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

    31 Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said,“Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”

  • 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

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    46 Jesus’ True Family While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

    47 Someone told him,“Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”

  • 11 And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

  • 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.”(For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

  • 50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

  • 13 Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

  • 27 (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

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    25 Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

    26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

  • 42 Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

  • 13 However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

  • 8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

  • 5 So they discussed it with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Why did you not believe him?’

  • 53 but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

  • 8 You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived.”

  • 19 So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

  • 48 So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”