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Jesusanswered them, "I did1onedeed, and you allmarvel.
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"For thisreason2Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from 3the fathers ), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
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"4If a manreceivescircumcision on the Sabbathso that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entiremanwell on the Sabbath?
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"Do not 5judgeaccording to appearance, but judge with righteousjudgment."
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Sosome of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?
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"Look, He is speakingpublicly, and they are sayingnothing to Him. 6The rulers do not reallyknow that this is the Christ, do they?
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"However, 7we knowwherethisman is from; but whenever the Christ may come, nooneknowswhere He is from."
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ThenJesuscried out in the temple, 8teaching and saying, "9You bothknow Me and knowwhere I am from; and 10I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
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"11I know Him, because12I am from Him, and 13He sent Me."
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So they 14were seeking to seize Him; and nomanlaid his hand on Him, because His 15hour had not yetcome.
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But 16many of the crowdbelieved in Him; and they were saying, "17When the Christcomes, He will not performmore18signs than those whichthisman has, will He?"