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English Standard Version

Many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?

John 7:31

Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 1:22-23

John 7 (English Standard Version)

28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple,
“You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”
30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Jesus then said,
“I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.”

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1 Corinthians 1 (English Standard Version)

19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,
23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.

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Free Bible Version

Many of the crowd did put their trust in Jesus. “When the Messiah appears, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?” they said.

John 7:31

The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom, but our message is of Christ killed on a cross — offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.

1 Corinthians 1:22-23

John 7 (Free Bible Version)

28 While he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus called out in a loud voice, “So you think you know me and where I'm from? However, I did not come for my own sake. The one who sent me is true. You don't know him,
29 but I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.”
30 So they tried to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him because his time had not yet come.
31 However, many of the crowd did put their trust in him. “When the Messiah appears, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?” they said.
32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering this about him, they and the chief priests sent guards to arrest Jesus.
33 Then Jesus told the people, “I'll be with you just a little longer, but then I'll return to the one who sent me.
34 You'll search for me but you won't find me; and you can't come where I'm going.”

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1 Corinthians 1 (Free Bible Version)

19 As Scripture says, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will wipe out the cleverness of the clever.”
20 So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness?
21 Since God in his wisdom allowed the world in its wisdom not to know God, it was God's gracious plan that by the foolishness of the good news those who trusted in him would be saved.
22 The Jews ask for miraculous signs, and Greeks look for wisdom,
23 but our message is of Christ killed on a cross—offensive to the Jews, and foolishness to the foreigners.
24 However, for those who are called by God, both Jews and foreigners, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than we are; and the weakness of God is stronger than we are.
26 Brothers and sisters, remember your calling—and that this did not include many who are wise, humanly speaking; not many who are powerful; not many who are important.

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