John 7:14–36

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.”

Christ’s Origin from the Father

²⁵Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to ^bkill? ²⁶But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. ^cDo the rulers know indeed that this is ⁴truly the Christ? ^27dHowever, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ^e“You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and ^fI have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me ^gis true, ^hwhom you do not know. ²⁹⁵But ⁱI know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

³⁰Therefore ^jthey sought to take Him; but ^kno one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. ³¹And ^lmany of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Christ’s Departure to the Father

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him. ³³Then Jesus said ⁶to them, ^m“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I ⁿgo to Him who sent Me. ³⁴You ^owill seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^pcannot come.”

³⁵Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^qthe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”