John 5:14-18

New International Version

¹⁴ Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning^(A) or something worse may happen to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jewish leaders^(B) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

¹⁶ So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. ¹⁷ In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father^(C) is always at his work^(D) to this very day, and I too am working.” ¹⁸ For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;^(E) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.^(F)