John 7:14-24 - Teaching In The Temple

14 Now when the feast was already half over, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. 15 The Jews were dumbfounded and said, "How can this uneducated man know the Scriptures?"

16 Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not my own, but it comes from Him who sent me. 17 If anyone is willing to keep on doing God's will, he will know whether my teaching comes from God, or merely expresses my own ideas. 18 Whoever utters merely his own ideas is seeking his own honor, but whoever seeks the honor of him who sent him is sincere, and there is no dishonesty in him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law? And yet not one of you is keeping that law. If so, why are you trying to kill me?"

20 The crowd answered, "You are certainly under the power of a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

21 Jesus answered them, "I have done just one deed, and yet you are all dumbfounded! 22 Then Moses gave you the rite of circumcision -- not that it had its origin with Moses but with your earlier forefathers -- and you circumcise a male child even on the Sabbath. 23 Well, if a male child undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath, to keep the law of Moses from being broken, are you angry with me for making a man perfectly well on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging superficially; you must judge fairly."