John 5:16-18

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¹⁶ Because Jesus was doing ·this [^Lthese things] on the Sabbath day, ·some evil people [the Jewish leaders; ^Lthe Jews] began to ·persecute [harass] him. ¹⁷ But Jesus ·said to [^Lanswered] them, “My Father ·never stops [is always; is still] working [^Ceven on the Sabbath], and so I keep working, too.”

¹⁸ This made ·them [the Jewish leaders; ^Lthe Jews] try still harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Now he says that God is his own Father, making himself equal with God!” [^CBoth breaking the Sabbath and blasphemy against God were punishable by death; Ex. 35:2; Lev. 24:16.]