John 5:16 · KJV
“And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.”
— John 5:16
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
John 5 — Context
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.
15The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
18Therefore 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.
Cross References
Acts 9:4-5
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
John 7:25
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
John 5:13
And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in {that} place. {a multitude...: or, from the multitude that was}
Matthew 12:13
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched {it} forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
John 7:19-20
Did not Moses give you the law, and {yet} none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Mark 3:6
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.