John 7:20-31

English Standard Version

²⁰The crowd answered, ^(A)“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” ²¹Jesus answered them, “I did ^(B)one work, and you all marvel at it. ²²^(C)Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^(D)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, ^(E)are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? ²⁴^(F)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 ^(G)they seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, ^(H)speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^(I)the authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But ^(J)we know ^(K)where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^(L)no one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So Jesus proclaimed, ^(M)as he taught in the temple, ^(N)“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^(O)I have not come of my own accord. ^(P)He who sent me is true, ^(Q)and him you do not know. ²⁹^(R)I know him, for I come ^(S)from him, and ^(T)he sent me.” ³⁰^(U)So they were seeking to arrest him, but ^(V)no one laid a hand on him, ^(W)because his hour had not yet come. ³¹Yet ^(X)many of the people believed in him. They said, ^(Y)“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”