For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath.

Jesus’ Equality with God

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

And He was saying, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.”

For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and even on a Sabbath you circumcise a man.

The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

It was for this reason that his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it back.

For this reason also the people went to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

For He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: ‘They hated Me for no reason.’

Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”