John 7:20-31

²⁰“You're demon-possessed!” the crowd replied. “No one's trying to kill you!”

²¹“I did one miracle and you're all shocked by it,” Jesus replied.

²²“However, because Moses told you to circumcise—not that it really came from Moses, but from your forefathers before him—you perform circumcision on the Sabbath.

²³If you circumcise on the Sabbath to make sure that the law of Moses isn't broken, why are you angry with me for healing someone on the Sabbath?

²⁴Don't judge by appearances; decide what is right!”

²⁵Then some of those from Jerusalem began wondering, “Isn't this the one they're trying to kill?

²⁶But see how openly he's speaking, and they're saying nothing to him. Do you think the authorities believe he's the Messiah?

²⁷But that's not possible because we know where he comes from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where he's from.”

²⁸While he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus called out in a loud voice, “So you think you know me and where I'm from? However, I did not come for my own sake. The one who sent me is true. You don't know him,

²⁹but I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”

³⁰So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him because his time had not yet come.

³¹However, many of the crowd did put their trust in him. “When the Messiah appears, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?” they said.