Exodus 5:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

But he said, You have no love for work: that is why you say, Let us go and make an offering to the Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.

Exodus 5:18

Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

Exodus 5:8

But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.

Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

John 6:27

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.