John 5:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the Sabbath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ As a result, the Jewish leaders were harassing Jesus, since he had done these things on the Sabbath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, for he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 5:16 Cross References

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 10:39

Then they tried to arrest him again, but he escaped from their hands.

John 7:25

Now some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill?

John 5:13

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there.

Luke 6:11

But they were filled with fury and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Mark 3:6

The Pharisees went out and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Matthew 12:13

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other.

John 1:19

This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 5:10

So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.”

John 5:15

The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, and I also am working.”

John 5:18

For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

John 7:21

Jesus answered them, “I performed one work, and all of you are astonished.