John 5:16
“And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
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Cross-References
“After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.”
“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
“And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?”
“And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.”
“Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.”