John 5:18

New Century Version

This made them try still harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Now he says that God is his own Father, making himself equal with God!”

Cross References

Zechariah 13:7

“Sword, hit the shepherd. Attack the man who is my friend,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “Kill the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter, and I will punish the little ones.”

Matthew 12:5

And have you not read in the law of Moses that on every Sabbath day the priests in the Temple break this law about the Sabbath day? But the priests are not wrong for doing that.

John 1:19

Here is the truth John told when the leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 10:33

They answered, “We are not killing you because of any good work you did, but because you speak against God. You are only a human, but you say you are the same as God!”

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If people love me, they will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

John 14:9

Jesus answered, “I have been with you a long time now. Do you still not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 19:7

The leaders answered, “We have a law that says he should die, because he said he is the Son of God.”

John 5:15

Then the man left and told his people that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

John 5:16

Because Jesus was doing this on the Sabbath day, some evil people began to persecute him.

John 5:17

But Jesus said to them, “My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too.”

John 5:23

so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 7:1

After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because some evil people there wanted to kill him.

John 7:19

Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys that law. Why are you trying to kill me?”

John 8:54

Jesus answered, “If I give honor to myself, that honor is worth nothing. The One who gives me honor is my Father, and you say he is your God.

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am!”

Philippians 2:6

Christ himself was like God in everything. But he did not think that being equal with God was something to be used for his own benefit.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. It was shining like crystal and was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:3

Nothing that God judges guilty will be in that city. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and God’s servants will worship him.