John 5:16

Good News Translation

So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath.

Cross References

Matthew 12:13

Then he said to the man with the paralyzed hand, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it became well again, just like the other one.

Mark 3:6

So the Pharisees left the synagogue and met at once with some members of Herod's party, and they made plans to kill Jesus.

Luke 6:11

They were filled with rage and began to discuss among themselves what they could do to Jesus.

John 1:19

The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to John to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 10:39

Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you: ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

John 5:10

so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, “This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat.”

John 5:13

But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.

John 5:15

Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him.

John 5:17

Jesus answered them, “My Father is always working, and I too must work.”

John 5:18

This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.

John 7:21

Jesus answered, “I performed one miracle, and you were all surprised.

John 7:25

Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill?