John 7:9-23

9When he had said this, he remained in Galilee.

10But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, “Where is he?”

12There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.”

13However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

14When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

15Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, “How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?”

16So Jesus replied, “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

17If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.

18The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

20The crowd answered, “You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

21Jesus replied, “I performed one miracle and you are all amazed.

22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.

23But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?