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Those who want to follow the will of God will know if what I teach is from God or if I teach my own thoughts.
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Those who speak their own thoughts are looking for their own glory. But the man who wants to bring glory to the one who sent him is a true teacher and doesn't have dishonest motives.
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Didn't Moses give you his teachings? Yet, none of you does what Moses taught you. So why do you want to kill me?"
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The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who wants to kill you?"
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Jesus answered them, "I performed one miracle, and all of you are surprised by it.
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Moses gave you the teaching about circumcision (although it didn't come from Moses but from our ancestors). So you circumcise a male on a day of worship.
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If you circumcise a male on the day of worship to follow Moses' Teachings, why are you angry with me because I made a man entirely well on the day of worship?
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Stop judging by outward appearance! Instead, judge correctly."
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Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the man they want to kill?
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But look at this! He's speaking in public, and no one is saying anything to him! Can it be that the rulers really know that this man is the Messiah?
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However, we know where this man comes from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."