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Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me.
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Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.
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Those who speak on their own authority are trying to gain glory for themselves. But he who wants glory for the one who sent him is honest, and there is nothing false in him.
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Moses gave you the Law, didn't he? But not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
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"You have a demon in you!" the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"
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Jesus answered, "I performed one miracle, and you were all surprised.
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Moses ordered you to circumcise your sons (although it was not Moses but your ancestors who started it), and so you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
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If a boy is circumcised on the Sabbath so that Moses' Law is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
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Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards."
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Some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill?
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Look! He is talking in public, and they say nothing against him! Can it be that they really know that he is the Messiah?