John 5:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • John 14:10 : 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
  • John 9:4 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 And yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • 1 Cor 12:6 : 6 And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Gen 2:1-2 : 1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  • Ps 65:6 : 6 Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
  • Matt 10:29 : 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 5:18-21
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    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.

    20For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.

    21For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

  • John 5:16
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    16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

  • John 9:4
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    4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

  • John 10:35-38
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    35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

    36say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?

    37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

    38But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

  • John 5:36-37
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    36But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

  • John 7:21
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    21Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.

  • John 10:30-33
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    30I and the Father are one.

    31The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

    32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

    33The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

  • John 14:10-12
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    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

    12Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.

  • John 8:38-39
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    38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

    39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.

  • John 6:28-30
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    28They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

    29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

    30They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

  • Luke 6:5
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    5And he said unto them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

  • John 8:19
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    19They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

  • John 15:24
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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.

  • John 5:30
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    30I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • John 8:54
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    54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

  • John 4:34
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

  • John 17:4-5
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    71%

    4I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

    5And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  • John 8:49
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    49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

  • John 8:41
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    41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

  • John 5:9-11
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    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.

  • Deut 5:13
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    13Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

  • Mark 2:28
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    28so that the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

  • John 8:28-29
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    70%

    28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. [

    29And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

  • John 7:16
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    16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

  • Exod 20:9
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    9Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

  • John 5:23
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    23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

  • John 8:16
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    16Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

  • John 10:17
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    17Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

  • Matt 12:8
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    8For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.

  • John 7:6
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    6Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.