8 By faith ^xAbraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith ^yhe went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the ^zcity that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. 11 By faith ^aSarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful ^bwho had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him ^cas good as dead, were born descendants ^das many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

13 These all died in faith, ^enot having received the things promised, but having ^fseen them and greeted them from afar, and ^ghaving acknowledged that they were strangers and ^hexiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ⁱashamed to be called ^jtheir God, for he has prepared for them a city.

14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple ^xand began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore ^ymarveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,^{1 z}when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, ^a“My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone’s will is to do God’s² will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority ^bseeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 Has not ^cMoses given you the law? ^dYet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You ^ehave a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did ^fone work, and you all marvel at it. 22 ^gMoses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but ^hfrom the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the ⁱSabbath. 23 ^jIf on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me ^kbecause on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? 24 Do not judge ^lby ^mappearances, but ⁿjudge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, speaking ^oopenly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^pthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But ^qwe know where this man comes from, and ^rwhen the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from. But ^sI have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is ^ttrue, and ^uhim you do not know. 29 ^vI know him, for I come ^wfrom him, and he sent me.” 30 So they were seeking to ^xarrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet ^ymany of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more ^zsigns than this man has done?”