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16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing 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 He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am 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 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own 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 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things 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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