³⁸ But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

⁴ and they ^(A)plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Jesus’ Equality with God

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(A)the Jews ^(B)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(C)making Himself equal with God.

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus ^(A)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(B)the Jews ^(C)were seeking to kill Him.

¹⁹ “^(A)Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you ^(B)seek to kill Me?”

²⁵ So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?

³⁷ I know that you are ^(A)Abraham’s descendants; yet ^(B)you seek to kill Me, because My word ^[a]has no place in you.

⁴⁰ But as it is, ^(A)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(B)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.