John 5:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

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  • John 14:10 : 10 Believest thou not that I `am' in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;
  • John 9:4 : 4 it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 though, indeed, without witness He did not leave himself, doing good -- from heaven giving rains to us, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness;'
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.
  • 1 Cor 12:6 : 6 and there are diversities of workings, and it is the same God -- who is working the all in all.
  • Col 1:16 : 16 because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,
  • Gen 2:1-2 : 1 And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.
  • Ps 65:6 : 6 Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Lift up on high your eyes, And see -- who hath prepared these? He who is bringing out by number their host, To all of them by name He calleth, By abundance of strength (And `he is' strong in power) not one is lacking.
  • Matt 10:29 : 29 `Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

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  • John 5:18-21
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    18because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

    19Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

    20for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

    21`For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

  • John 5:16
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    16and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

  • John 9:4
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    4it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

  • John 10:35-38
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    35if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

    36of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

    37if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

    38and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me `is' the Father, and I in Him.'

  • John 5:36-37
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    36`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37`And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

  • John 7:21
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    21Jesus answered and said to them, `One work I did, and ye all wonder,

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

    31Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

    32Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

    33The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

  • John 14:10-12
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    10Believest thou not that I `am' in the Father, and the Father is in me? the sayings that I speak to you, from myself I speak not, and the Father who is abiding in me, Himself doth the works;

    11believe me, that I `am' in the Father, and the Father in me; and if not, because of the works themselves, believe me.

    12`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do -- that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

  • John 8:38-39
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    38I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

    39They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

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

    29Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

    30They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

  • Luke 6:5
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    5and he said to them, -- `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

  • John 8:19
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    19They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

  • John 15:24
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    24if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;

  • John 5:30
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    30`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

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

  • John 4:34
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    34Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

  • John 17:4-5
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    4I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'.

    5`And now, glorify me, Thou Father, with Thyself, with the glory that I had before the world was, with Thee;

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    49Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

  • John 8:41
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    41ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

  • John 5:9-11
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    9and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,

    10the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.'

    11He answered them, `He who made me whole -- that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;'

  • Deut 5:13
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    13six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

  • Mark 2:28
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    28so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.'

  • John 8:28-29
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    28Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am `he'; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

    29and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

  • John 7:16
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    16Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

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    9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

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    23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

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    16and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;

  • John 10:17
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    17`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

  • Matt 12:8
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    8for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

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    6Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;