14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and (A)taught. 15 (B)And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

16 [a]Jesus answered them and said, (C)“My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 (D)If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 (E)He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who (F)seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and (G)no unrighteousness is in Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:16 NU, M So Jesus

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(A) 15 The Jews(B) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(C) without having been taught?”(D)

16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(E) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(F) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(G) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

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