John 5:18

Conservative English Version

Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said that God was his Father, which made him equal with God.

Cross References

Zechariah 13:7

The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Matthew 12:5

Haven't you read in the Law of Moses that the priests are allowed to work in the temple on the Sabbath? But no one says that they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.

John 1:19

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, "I am not the Messiah."

John 10:30

and I am one with the Father.

John 10:33

They answered, "We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!"

John 14:23

Jesus replied: If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them.

John 14:9

Jesus replied: Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don't you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father?

John 19:7

The crowd replied, "He claimed to be the Son of God! Our Jewish Law says that he must be put to death."

John 5:15

The man left and told the leaders that Jesus was the one who had healed him.

John 5:16

They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

John 5:17

But Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working."

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, that is the same as refusing to honor the Father who sent him.

John 7:1

Jesus decided to leave Judea and to start going through Galilee because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

John 7:19

Didn't Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you obey it! So why do you want to kill me?

John 8:54

Jesus replied, "If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God,

John 8:58

Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am."

Philippians 2:6

Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God.

Revelation 22:1

The angel showed me a river that was crystal clear, and its waters gave life. The river came from the throne where God and the Lamb were seated.

Revelation 22:3

God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God