John 5:16

New English Translation

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

Cross References

Matthew 12:13

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other.

Mark 3:6

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

Luke 6:11

But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.

John 1:19

Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 10:39

Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

John 5:10

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

John 5:13

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

John 5:15

The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well.

John 5:17

So he told them, “My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

John 5:18

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

John 7:21

Jesus replied, “I performed one miracle and you are all amazed.

John 7:25

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?