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John 5:16

James Moffatt - New Testament

And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did things like this on the sabbath.

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Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

Once more they tried to arrest him, but he escaped their hands

Then said some of the Jerusalemites, "Is this not the man they want to kill?

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for (owing to the crowd on the spot) Jesus had slipped away.

This filled them with fury, and they discussed what they could do to Jesus.

On this the Pharisees withdrew and at once joined the Herodians in a plot against him, to destroy him.

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and it was quite restored, as sound as the other.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "This is the sabbath, you have no right to be carrying your mat."

Off went the man and told the Jews it was Jesus who had healed him.

The reply of Jesus was, "As my Father has continued working to this hour, so I work too."

But this only made the Jews more eager to kill him, because he not merely broke the sabbath but actually spoke of God as his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

Jesus answered them, "I have only performed one deed, and yet you are all amazed at it.




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