John 7:9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
John 7:10 ¶ But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.
John 7:11 So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?"
John 7:12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray."
John 7:13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:14 ¶ But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach.
John 7:15 The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?"
John 7:16 So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.
John 7:17 "If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.
John 7:18 "He who speaks from himself seeks 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.
John 7:19 ¶ "Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?"
John 7:20 The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?"
John 7:21 Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel.
John 7:22 "For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
John 7:23 "If 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?
John 7:24 "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
John 7:25 ¶ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?
John 7:26 "Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?
John 7:27 "However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from."
John 7:28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.