John 5:16

American Standard Version (1901)

And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

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  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
  • Matt 12:13 : 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.
  • Mark 3:6 : 6 And the Pharisees went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
  • John 5:13 : 13 But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.
  • John 7:19-20 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me? 20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
  • John 7:25 : 25 Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
  • John 10:39 : 39 They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

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    17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

    18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

    19Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

  • John 5:8-12
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    8Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.

    9And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

    10So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

    11But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

    12They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up [thy bed], and walk?

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    2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

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    15The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

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    1And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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    7And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

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    2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

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    16Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.

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    14And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

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    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

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    1At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.

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    31The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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    14Now it was the sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

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  • John 19:31
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    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

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    24If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

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    5And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

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    10And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.

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    4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

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    18The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

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    39They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

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    8For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

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