John 5:18

New Living Translation

So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

Cross References

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.

Matthew 12:5

And haven’t you read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath?

John 1:19

This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you?”

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 10:33

They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.

John 14:9

Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?

John 19:7

The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”

John 5:15

Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.

John 5:16

So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.

John 5:17

But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”

John 5:23

so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.

John 7:1

After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.

John 7:19

Moses gave you the law, but none of you obeys it! In fact, you are trying to kill me.”

John 8:54

Jesus answered, “If I want glory for myself, it doesn’t count. But it is my Father who will glorify me. You say, ‘He is our God,’

John 8:58

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

Philippians 2:6

Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:3

No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.