¹⁸ Therefore the Jews ^(A)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(B)making Himself equal with God.

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(A)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^(B)make Yourself God.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, ^(A)“We have a law, and according to ^[a]our law He ought to die, because ^(B)He made Himself the Son of God.”

^30 (A)I and My Father are one.”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)before Abraham was, ^(B)I AM.”

²³ that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(A)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

The River of Life

22 And he showed me ^(A)a ^[a]pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

⁶ who, ^(A)being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[a]robbery to be equal with God,

Jesus’ Brothers Disbelieve

7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, ^(A)because the ^[a]Jews sought to kill Him.

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶ For this reason the Jews ^(A)persecuted Jesus, ^[a]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.