John 7:11-31

English Standard Version

¹¹^(A)The Jews ^(B)were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” ¹²And there was much ^(C)muttering about him among the people. ^(D)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, ^(E)he is leading the people astray.” ¹³Yet ^(F)for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

¹⁴About the middle of the feast Jesus went up ^(G)into the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵The Jews therefore ^(H)marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,^[a] when he has never studied?” ¹⁶So Jesus answered them, ^(I)“My teaching is not mine, but his ^(J)who sent me. ¹⁷^(K)If anyone's will is to do God's^[b] will, ^(L)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I ^(M)am speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸The one who speaks on his own authority ^(N)seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. ¹⁹^(O)Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. ^(P)Why do you seek to kill me?” ²⁰The crowd answered, ^(Q)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered them, “I did ^(R)one work, and you all marvel at it. ²²^(S)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^(T)from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. ²³If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, ^(U)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? ²⁴^(V)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^(W)they seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, ^(X)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^(Y)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But ^(Z)we know ^(AA)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^(AB)no one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So Jesus proclaimed, ^(AC)as he taught in the temple, ^(AD)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^(AE)I have not come of my own accord. ^(AF)He who sent me is true, ^(AG)and him you do not know. ²⁹^(AH)I know him, for I come ^(AI)from him, and ^(AJ)he sent me.” ³⁰^(AK)So they were seeking to arrest him, but ^(AL)no one laid a hand on him, ^(AM)because his hour had not yet come. ³¹Yet ^(AN)many of the people believed in him. They said, ^(AO)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”