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And there was much 1muttering about him among the people. 2While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, 3he is leading the people astray."
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Yet 4for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
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About the middle of the feast Jesus went up 5into the temple and began teaching.
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The Jews therefore 6marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning,[a] when he has never studied?"
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So Jesus answered them, 7"My teaching is not mine, but his 8who sent me.
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9If anyone's will is to do God's[b] will, 10he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I 11am speaking on my own authority.
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The one who speaks on his own authority 12seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
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13Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. 14Why do you seek to kill me?"
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The crowd answered, 15"You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?"
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Jesus answered them, "I did 16one work, and you all marvel at it.
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17Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but 18from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.