John 7:16-36

16So Jesus answered them and said, “1My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. 172If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself. 18The one who speaks from himself 3seeks 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“4Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you 5seeking to kill Me?” 20The crowd answered, “6You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?” 21Jesus answered them, “I did 7one 8deed, and you all are astonished. 22For this reason 9Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from 10the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man. 2311If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath? 24Do not 12judge by the outward appearance, but judge 13with righteous judgment.”

25So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this Man not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. 14The rulers do not really know that this is the 15Christ, do they? 27However, 16we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.” 28Then Jesus cried out in the temple, 17teaching and saying, “18You both know Me and you know where I am from; and 19I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. 2920I do know Him, because 21I am from Him, and 22He sent Me.” 30So they 23were seeking to arrest Him; and yet no one laid a hand on Him, because His 24hour had not yet come. 31But 25many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “26When the 27Christ comes, He will not perform more 2829signs than those which this man has done, will He?”

32The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent 30officers to 31arrest Him. 33Therefore Jesus said, “32For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then 33I am going to Him who sent Me. 3434You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 3535The Jews then said to one another, “36Where does this Man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to 37the Dispersion among 38the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He? 36What is this statement that He said, ‘39You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”