John 7:10-24

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ But when his brothers had left for the feast, he went also. But he went secretly, not openly. ¹¹ At the feast the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus. They were asking, “Where is he?”

¹² Many people in the crowd were whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No. He fools the people.” ¹³ But no one would say anything about him openly. They were afraid of the leaders.

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

¹⁴ Jesus did nothing until halfway through the feast. Then he went up to the temple courtyard and began to teach. ¹⁵ The Jews there were amazed. They asked, “How did this man learn so much without being taught?”

¹⁶ Jesus answered, “What I teach is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. ¹⁷ Here is how someone can find out whether my teaching comes from God or from me. That person must choose to do what God wants them to do. ¹⁸ Whoever speaks on their own does it to get personal honor. But someone who works for the honor of the one who sent him is truthful. Nothing about him is false. ¹⁹ Didn’t Moses give you the law? But not one of you obeys the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

²⁰ “You are controlled by demons,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

²¹ Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. ²² Moses gave you circumcision, and so you circumcise a child on the Sabbath day. But circumcision did not really come from Moses. It came from Abraham. ²³ You circumcise a boy on the Sabbath day. You think that if you do, you won’t break the law of Moses. Then why are you angry with me? I healed a man’s entire body on the Sabbath day! ²⁴ Stop judging only by what you see. Judge in the right way.”