If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 7:23 in context
John 7:20–26
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The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
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Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
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Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
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If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
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Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
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Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
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Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
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