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16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
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So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.
17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."
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In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”
18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
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For this reason they tried 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.
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.
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Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
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