¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jewish leaders^(A) 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^(B) is always at his work^(C) to this very day, and I too am working.” ¹⁸ For this reason they tried 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.^(E)

²⁵ Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(A) when the dead will hear^(B) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.