John 5:16-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Honoring the Father and the Son

¹⁶ Therefore, the Jews began persecuting^(A) Jesus^[a] because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.^{(B) 17} But Jesus responded to them, “My Father^(C) is still working, and I am working also.” ¹⁸ This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him:^(D) Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.