John 5:16

World English Bible (2000)

For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

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  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said to 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 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
  • Matt 12:13 : 13 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
  • Mark 3:6 : 6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
  • John 5:13 : 13 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
  • John 7:19-20 : 19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?" 20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"
  • John 7:25 : 25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
  • John 10:39 : 39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

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    17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

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

    19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

  • John 5:8-12
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    8 Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."

    9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

    10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

    11 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"

    12 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"

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    2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

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

  • John 7:1
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    1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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    7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Mark 3:2
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    2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

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    16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.

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    14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

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    24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

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    1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

  • John 10:31-33
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    31 Therefore Jews took up stones again to stone him.

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    14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

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    31 Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

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    2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

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    24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

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    5 He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

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    4 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

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    18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"

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    39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

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

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    19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

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    15 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

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    2 The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

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    19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

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    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

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    5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

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    8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

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    42 When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,