John 7:19-25

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19} Didn’t Moses^(A) give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law!^(B) Why do you want to kill Me?”

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20} “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

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21} “I did one work,^(C) and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. ^{Tools
22} “Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision^(D)—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers^(E)—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.^(F) ^{Tools
23} If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath^(G) so that the law of Moses^(H) won’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? ^{Tools
24} Stop judging^(I) according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

The Identity of the Messiah

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25} Some of the people of Jerusalem^(J) were saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill?

Cross references:

A. John 7:19: Psalm 77:20; Matthew 8:4; Hebrews 3:2

B. John 7:19: Romans 2:12-29; Romans 3:9-10; Romans 3:20-23; Romans 3:27-28

C. John 7:21: John 5:36; Hebrews 3:9

D. John 7:22: Acts 15:1

E. John 7:22: Genesis 17:9-14; Leviticus 12:3

F. John 7:22: Mark 2:23

G. John 7:23: Luke 13:10

H. John 7:23: Luke 2:22

I. John 7:24: Luke 6:37; Hebrews 9:27

J. John 7:25: Matthew 23:37