Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, John by R F Weymouth
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against me because I have restored a man to perfect health
on a Sabbath day? 007:024 Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just." 007:025 Some however of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the man they are wanting to kill? 007:026 But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ? 007:027 And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from." 007:028 Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge. 007:029 I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me." 007:030 On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come. 007:031 But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?" 007:032 The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him. 007:033 So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me. 007:034 You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come." 007:035 The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about |
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