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John 5:16-18
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16 So the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath day. 17 Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.” 18 So the Jews sought even more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

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John 5:16-18
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16 And on account of this the Jews began to persecute[a] Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But he answered[b] them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus[c] making himself equal with God.

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  1. John 5:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
  2. John 5:17 Some manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
  3. John 5:18 Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result
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