John 7:14–36

¹⁴But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to ^ateach.

^15aThe Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has this man ^bbecome learned, having never been educated?”

¹⁶So Jesus answered them and said, “^aMy teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

¹⁷“^aIf anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.

¹⁸“He who speaks from himself ^aseeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

¹⁹“^aDid not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ^bseek to kill Me?”

²⁰The crowd answered, “^aYou have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?”

²¹Jesus answered them, “I did ^aone ¹deed, and you all marvel.

²²“For this reason ^aMoses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from ^bthe fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

²³“^aIf a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

²⁴“Do not ^ajudge according to appearance, but ¹judge with righteous judgment.”

²⁵So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

²⁶“Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. ^aThe rulers do not really know that this is ¹the Christ, do they?

²⁷“However, ^awe know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus cried out in the temple, ^ateaching and saying, “^bYou both know Me and know where I am from; and ^cI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

²⁹“^aI know Him, because ^bI am from Him, and ^cHe sent Me.”

³⁰So they ^awere seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His ^bhour had not yet come.

³¹But ^amany of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “^bWhen ¹the Christ comes, He will not perform more ^2csigns than those which this man has, will He?”

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent ^aofficers to ^bseize Him.

³³Therefore Jesus said, “^aFor a little while longer I am with you, then ^bI go to Him who sent Me.

³⁴“^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

^35aThe Jews then said to one another, “^bWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to ^cthe Dispersion among ^dthe Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He?

³⁶“What is this statement that He said, ‘^aYou will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”