New International Reader's Version

John 7:19-26 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

19. "Didn't Moses give you the law? But not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"

20. "You are controlled by demons," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"

21. Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

22. Moses gave you circumcision, and so you circumcise a child on the Sabbath day. But circumcision did not really come from Moses. It came from Abraham.

23. You circumcise a child on the Sabbath day. You think that if you do, you won't break the law of Moses. Then why are you angry with me? I healed a whole man on the Sabbath!

24. "Stop judging only by what you see. Judge correctly."

25. Then some of the people of Jerusalem began asking questions. They said, "Isn't this the man some people are trying to kill?

26. Here he is! He is speaking openly. They aren't saying a word to him. Have the authorities really decided that he is the Christ?