Exodus 5:17

A Conservative Version

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle. Therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to LORD.

Cross References

John 6:27

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

Matthew 26:8

But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, Why this waste?

Exodus 5:8

And the number of the bricks, which they made formerly, ye shall lay upon them. Ye shall not diminish any of it. For they are idle, therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 5:16

There is no straw given to thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick. And, behold, thy servants are beaten, but the fault it in thine own people.

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now, and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet ye shall deliver the number of bricks.