John 5:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

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  • John 15:20 : 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
  • Acts 9:4-5 : 4 And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? 5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:
  • Matt 12:13 : 13 Then said he to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and it was made as well as the other.
  • Mark 3:6 : 6 And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.
  • John 5:13 : 13 Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.
  • John 7:19-20 : 19 Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death? 20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?
  • John 7:25 : 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?
  • John 10:39 : 39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

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  • John 5:17-19
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    17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

    18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

    19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

  • John 5:8-12
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    8 Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

    9 And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10 So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

    11 He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.

    12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

  • Luke 6:2
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    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • John 5:15
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    15 The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

  • John 7:1
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    1 After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee. He did not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were looking for a chance to put him to death.

  • Luke 6:7
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    7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

  • Mark 3:2
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    2 And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

  • John 9:16
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    16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.

  • Luke 13:14
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    14 And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Matt 12:1-2
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    1 At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

  • John 10:31-33
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    31 Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

    32 Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

    33 This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

  • John 9:14
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    14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

  • John 19:31
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    31 Now it was the day of getting ready for the Passover, and so that the bodies might not be on the cross on the Sabbath (because the day of that Sabbath was a great day), the Jews made a request to Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

  • Matt 12:10
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    10 And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

  • John 7:23
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    23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 6:9
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    9 And Jesus said, I put the question to you, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to take it away?

  • John 16:2-3
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    2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

    3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

  • John 15:24-25
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    24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

    25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.

  • Luke 6:5
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    5 And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.

  • Luke 13:10
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    10 And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.

  • Mark 3:4
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    4 And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

  • John 2:18
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    18 Then the Jews put this question to him: What sign of authority have you to give us, seeing that you do these things?

  • John 10:39
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    39 Then again they made an attempt to take him; but he got away from them.

  • John 5:1
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    1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 10:19
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    19 There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

  • Exod 31:15
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    15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2 And the chief priests and the scribes were looking for a chance to put him to death, but they went in fear of the people.

  • John 8:48
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    48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

  • John 7:19
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    19 Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

  • John 8:20
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    20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • Matt 12:5
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    5 Or is it not said in the law, how the Sabbath is broken by the priests in the Temple and they do no wrong?

  • John 19:7
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    7 And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.

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

  • John 9:22
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    22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

  • John 19:42
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    42 So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

  • John 11:8
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    8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

  • Mark 15:42
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    42 And when it was evening, because it was the time of getting ready, that is, the day before the Sabbath,