24. Stop judging by the way things look. Be fair and judge by what is really right.”
25. Then some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill.
26. But he is teaching where everyone can see and hear him. And no one is trying to stop him from teaching. Maybe the leaders have decided that he really is the Messiah.
27. But when the real Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from. And we know where this man’s home is.”
28. Jesus was still teaching in the Temple area when he said loudly, “Do you really know me and where I am from? I am here, but not by my own decision. I was sent by one who is very real. But you don’t know him.