His disciples asked him: “Is circumcision beneficial for us?" He said this to them: “If it were beneficial, their father would have them come out of their mother already circumcised.

His disciples asked him: “Is circumcision beneficial for us?" He said this to them: “If it were beneficial, their father would have them come out of their mother already circumcised. Circumcision, true in spirit, has found profit – all of it."