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21 Jesus responded and said to them, “I did one[a] work, and you all marvel! 22 For this reason[b] Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but it is from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on a Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath in order that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry[c] at Me because I made an entire man sound[d] on a Sabbath?

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:21 That is, one work of healing, referring to 5:9.
  2. John 7:22 That is, for healing, for ‘making sound’ one member, setting up the comparison in v 23; or, as an example of work on the Sabbath.
  3. John 7:23 Or, galled, bitterly-angry.
  4. John 7:23 Or, healthy. If the Law requires the making sound of this one member on the Sabbath, surely the making sound of the entire man is permitted.

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