¹⁴Now when the feast was already half over,^d Jesus went to the temple courts^* and began to teach.^* ¹⁵Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge,^e because he^* has not been taught?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me. ¹⁷If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my^* teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself. ¹⁸The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him—this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. ¹⁹Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

²⁰The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished. ²²Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well^f on the Sabbath? ²⁴Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”

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John 7:17: If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Footnotes

dLiterally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
eLiterally “know letters”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
fOr “a man entirely well”