John 7:20-30 Modern English Version (MEV)

20. The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

21. Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel.

22. Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a man on the Sabbath day (although it did not come from Moses, but from the Patriarchs).

23. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath day, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry at Me because I completely healed a man on the Sabbath day?

24. Do not judge according to appearance, but practice righteous judgment.”

25. Then some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?

26. Look! He speaks publicly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers indeed know that this is really the Christ?

27. But we know where this Man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

28. Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, “You know Me and you likewise know where I am from. I have not come on My own authority, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.

29. But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

30. So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

John 7