John 5:16

Honoring the Father and the Son

16 Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus[a] because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 5:16 In-Context

14 After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, "See, you are well. Do not sin any more, so that something worse doesn't happen to you."
15 The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus responded to them, "My Father is still working, and I am working also."
18 This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Other mss add and trying to kill Him
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