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John 7:21 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it. "
John 7:21
Verse in Context
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19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
23 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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John 7:1
"After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him."
John 7:2
"Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand."
John 7:3
"His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do."
John 7:4
"For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”"
John 7:5
"For even his brothers didn’t believe in him."
John 7:6
"Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready."
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