John 7:18-28

18 "He who speaks from himself 1seeks 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 "2Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you 3seek to kill Me?"
20 The crowd answered, "4You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?"
21 Jesus answered them, "I did 5one deed, and you all marvel.
22 "For this reason 6Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from 7the fathers ), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
23 "8If 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 9judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
25 So 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. 10The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?
27 "However, 11we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from."
28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, 12teaching and saying, "13You both know Me and know where I am from; and 14I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

Cross References 14

  • 1. John 5:41; John 8:50, 54; John 12:43
  • 2. John 1:17
  • 3. Mark 11:18; John 7:1
  • 4. Matthew 11:18; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20
  • 5. John 5:2-9, 16; John 7:23
  • 6. Leviticus 12:3
  • 7. Genesis 17:10f; Genesis 21:4; Acts 7:8
  • 8. Matthew 12:2; John 5:9, 10
  • 9. Leviticus 19:15; Isaiah 11:3; Zechariah 7:9; John 8:15
  • 10. Luke 23:13; John 3:1
  • 11. John 6:42; John 7:41; John 9:29
  • 12. John 7:14
  • 13. John 6:42; John 7:14; John 9:29
  • 14. John 8:42

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