John 5:17

New International Reader's Version

Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.”

Cross References

Psalm 65:6

You formed the mountains by your power. You showed how strong you are.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up toward the sky. Who created everything you see? The Lord causes the stars to come out at night one by one. He calls out each one of them by name. His power and strength are great. So none of the stars is missing.

Matthew 10:29

Aren’t two sparrows sold for only a penny? But not one of them falls to the ground outside your Father’s care.

John 10:36

If that is true, what about the one the Father set apart as his very own? What about this one the Father sent into the world? Why do you charge me with saying a very evil thing? Is it because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

John 14:10

Don’t you believe that I am in the Father? Don’t you believe that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. The Father lives in me. He is the one who is doing his work.

John 5:16

Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him.

John 5:18

For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.

John 9:4

While it is still day, we must do the works of the one who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work.

Acts 14:17

But he has given proof of what he is like. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven. He gives you crops in their seasons. He provides you with plenty of food. He fills your hearts with joy.”

Acts 17:28

‘In him we live and move and exist.’ As some of your own poets have also said, ‘We are his children.’

1 Corinthians 12:6

There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.

Colossians 1:16

All things were created in him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He created kings, powers, rulers and authorities. All things have been created by him and for him.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the shining brightness of God’s glory. He is the exact likeness of God’s being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.