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But when His ^(C1)brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as though in secret.

^(C1)So the Jews ^(C2)were looking for Him at the feast and saying, "Where is He?"

And there was a great deal of talk about Him in secret among the crowds: ^(C1)some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He is misleading the people."

However, no one was speaking openly about Him, for ^(C1)fear of ^(F1)the Jews.

But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple area, and began to ^(C1)teach.

^(C1)The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this Man ^(C2)become learned, not having been educated?"

So Jesus answered them and said, "^(C1)My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

"^(C1)If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.

"The one who speaks from himself ^(C1)seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

"^(C1)Did Moses not give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why are you ^(C2)seeking to kill Me?"

The crowd answered, "^(C1)You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill You?"

Jesus answered them, "I did ^(C1)one ^(F1)deed, and you all are astonished.

"For this reason ^(C1)Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from ^(C2)the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man.

"^(C1)If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry at Me because I made an entire man well on a Sabbath?

"Do not ^(C1)judge by the outward appearance, but judge ^(F1)with righteous judgment."