John 7:19-23

¹⁹Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?”

²⁰“You must be possessed by a demon!” the people exclaimed. “Who is seeking to put you to death?”

²¹“There was one thing I did,” replied Jesus, “at which you are all still wondering.

²²But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision amongst you — not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors — and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.

²³When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?