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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?
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But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from. And we all know where this man comes from."
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As Jesus taught in the Temple, he said in a loud voice, "Do you really know me and know where I am from? I have not come on my own authority. He who sent me, however, is truthful. You do not know him,
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but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me."
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Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
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But many in the crowd believed in him and said, "When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?"
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The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, so they and the chief priests sent some guards to arrest him.
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Jesus said, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to him who sent me.