John 7:14–24

Christ’s Authority from the Father

¹⁴Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and ⁿtaught. ^15oAnd the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

¹⁶³Jesus answered them and said, ^p“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. ^17qIf anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. ^18rHe who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who ^sseeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and ^tno unrighteousness is in Him. ^19uDid not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? ^vWhy do you seek to kill Me?”

²⁰The people answered and said, ^w“You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

²¹Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. ^22xMoses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, ^ybut 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 should not be broken, are you angry with Me because ^zI made a man completely well on the Sabbath? ^24aDo not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”