John 5:18

Contemporary English Version 1995

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 God was his Father, which made him equal with God.

Cross References

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 10:30

and I am one with the Father.

John 19:7

The crowd replied, “He claimed to be the Son of God! Our law says that he must be put to death.”

John 8:58

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

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 5:23

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

Philippians 2:6

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

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

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.

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 7:19

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

John 7:1

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

John 5:16

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

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.

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?

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 they are guilty of breaking the law of the Sabbath.

John 1:19

The religious authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”

John 5:15

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

John 5:17

But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and this is why I keep on working.”