Jesus answered, “Even if I am a witness about myself, what I say is valid. I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I’m going.
But God has helped me right up until this very moment. So I’m standing here and speaking about him to everyone, whether they’re kings or just ordinary people. I’ve been saying nothing different from what the prophets and Moses said would happen.
“This is the same Moses those men of Israel rejected by saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge?’ But God himself sent Moses to rule the people of Israel and set them free when he spoke to him through the angel who appeared in the bush.
Some of the Pharisees said, “This Jesus is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath day.” But others asked, “How could a sinner do such signs?” So the Pharisees were divided.
They began to make accusations against him. They said, “We’ve found this man leading our people astray. He says they shouldn’t pay taxes to Caesar, and he claims to be the Messiah—a king.”
Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courtyard, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I’m from. I’m not here on my own authority. The one who sent me is true. You don’t know him,