16. Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but Him who sent me;

17. whoever wants to do His will will know of this doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak for myself.

18. He who speaks of himself seeks glory for himself; but he who seeks glory to him who sent him is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

19. Did not Moses give you the law? And none of you walks according to the law. Why do you seek to kill Me?

20. The people answered and said, "Isn't there a demon in you?" who seeks to kill you?

21. Jesus, continuing his speech, said to them, "I have done one thing, and you are all amazed."

22. Moses gave you circumcision [although it is not from Moses, but from the fathers], and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.

23. If a man is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I healed the whole man on the Sabbath?

24. Do not judge by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment.

25. Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is this not the one whom they seek to kill?

26. Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him, "Have not the rulers been convinced that he is truly the Christ?"

27. But we know Him whence He comes; When Christ comes, no one will know where He comes from.

28. Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You know me, and you know where I come from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

29. I know Him because I am of Him, and He sent Me.

30. And they sought to seize him, but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.

31. And many of the people believed in him, and said, "When Christ comes, will he do more signs than he has done?"

32. When the Pharisees heard such rumors about Him among the people, the Pharisees and the chief priests sent ministers to seize Him.

33. And Jesus said to them, "I will not be long with you, and I will go to him who sent me;

34. You will seek me, and you will not find me; and where I am, there you cannot come.

35. While the Jews were saying among themselves, "Where does he want to go, so that we will not find him?" Does He not want to go into the Hellenic diaspora and teach the Greeks?

36. What is the meaning of these words which he said, "You will seek me, and you will not find me; and where I am, there you cannot come?