John 7:10-24 - Jesus At The Festival Of Tabernacles

¹⁰ But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus went up also, not publicly, but as though he did not wish to be observed. ¹¹ Now the Jews were looking for him at the festival and asking where he was, ¹² and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people. ¹³ But no one spoke of him in public, for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when the festival was half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. ¹⁵ This astonished the Jews. "How is it that this man can read?" they said, "when he has never gone to school?"

¹⁶ So Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own; it comes from him who has sent me. ¹⁷ Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me. ¹⁸ Whoever speaks simply for himself is looking for honor for himself, but whoever looks for honor for the person who has sent him shows his sincerity; there is no dishonesty about him. ¹⁹ Was it not Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys the Law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

²⁰ The crowd answered, "You must be possessed! Who is trying to kill you?"

²¹ Jesus answered, "I have done just one deed, and you are all astonished at it. ²² Yet Moses gave you the rite of circumcision??ot that it began with Moses but with your forefathers??nd you practice it even on the Sabbath. ²³ But if a person undergoes circumcision on a Sabbath, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, are you angry at me for making a man perfectly well on a Sabbath? ²⁴ You must not judge so externally; you must judge justly!"