John 7:10-31

¹⁰When His brothers had gone up to the feast, however, Jesus also went up, not publicly, but in secret.

¹¹The Jews were looking for Him at the feast, and saying, “Where is He?”

¹²There was much complaining among the people about Him. Some said, “He is good,” but others said, “No, He deceives the people.”

¹³No one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴About the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.

¹⁵The Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

¹⁶Jesus answered, “My teaching isn’t mine, but His who sent me.

¹⁷Anyone who wants to do His will shall know if the teaching is from God or if I speak on my own.

¹⁸The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

¹⁹Didn’t Moses give you the Law, yet none of you keeps the Law? Why are you trying to kill me?”

²⁰The people answered, “You have a demon. Who is trying to kill You?”

²¹Jesus answered, “I did one work, and you all marvel.

²²Moses gave you circumcision (not that it’s from Moses, but from the forefathers), and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.

²³If a boy gets circumcised on the Sabbath, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

²⁴Don’t judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

²⁶Look! He is speaking boldly, and they say nothing to Him. The rulers haven’t really concluded that this is the Christ, have they?

²⁷Still, we know where this man is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I’m from. I haven’t come of my own accord, but He who sent me is true, who you don’t know.

²⁹I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent me.”

³⁰Because of this, they were seeking to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His time had not yet come.

³¹Many of the people believed in Him, saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than this man has done?”