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John 7:24
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John 7:24 · American Standard Version
John 7:24 in other translations
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
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In context
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.
22 Moses hath given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.
23 If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?
24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 And lo, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing unto him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
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