John 7:14-30

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

¹⁵And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?

¹⁶Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

¹⁷If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

¹⁸He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him.

¹⁹Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?

²⁰Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?

²¹Jesus answered, and said to them: One work I have done; and you all wonder:

²²Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.

²³If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?

²⁴Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment.

²⁵Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

²⁶And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the Christ?

²⁷But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

²⁸Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom you know not.

²⁹I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.

³⁰They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

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John 7:14-30

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Jesus Teaches at the Festival

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

¹⁶Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.^(E) ¹⁷Anyone 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. ¹⁸Whoever 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. ¹⁹Has not Moses given you the law?^(H) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”^(I)

²⁰“You are demon-possessed,”^(J) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

²¹Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,^(K) and you are all amazed. ²²Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision^(L) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),^(M) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. ²³Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? ²⁴Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”^(N)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

²⁵At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?^(O) ²⁶Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities^(P) really concluded that he is the Messiah?^(Q) ²⁷But we know where this man is from;^(R) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,^(S) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.^(T) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.^(U) You do not know him, ²⁹but I know him^(V) because I am from him and he sent me.”^(W)