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

• 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

Footnotes

• [a] Or "work"
• [b] Lit "judge the righteous judgment"
• [c] I.e. the Messiah