16 Therefore, the Jews began persecuting(A) Jesus[a] because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.(B)

Honoring the Father and the Son

17 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 to God.

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  1. 5:16 Other mss add and trying to kill him

16 As a result, the Jewish leaders were harassing Jesus, since he had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 Jesus replied, “My Father is still working, and I am working too.” 18 For this reason the Jewish leaders wanted even more to kill him—not only because he was doing away with the Sabbath but also because he called God his own Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

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