Exodus 5:17

Modern English Version

But he said, “You are slackers! Slackers! Therefore you say, ‘Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.’

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

There is no straw being given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make brick.’ And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Go therefore now and work, for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the quota of bricks.”

Exodus 5:8

However, the quota of the bricks, which they were making previously, you shall lay upon them. You shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

Matthew 26:8

When His disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “For what purpose is this waste?

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has set His seal on Him.”