John 5:18

Plain English Version

That made the Jewish leaders more angry, and they tried to find a way to kill him. They said to themselves, “This man breaks God’s law and works on our rest day. And he calls God his father too. That means he is saying that he is the same as God. He has to die.”

Cross References

John 1:19

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem city sent some of the bosses of their ceremonies, and other men that helped in the Jewish ceremonies, to ask John some questions. They said to him, “Who are you?”

John 10:30

My father and me, we are joined together, like we are one.”

John 10:33

The Jewish leaders said, “We don’t want to kill you for doing good things. But you are saying things against God. That is the reason why we have to kill you. You are just a man, but you say that you are God.”

John 14:23

Jesus said, “If anyone loves me, they will do whatever I tell them. And my father will love them, and we will come and live with them.

John 14:9

Jesus said, “Look, Philip, I have been with you for a long time now, so you know me, right? Anyone that looks at me, can see my father. So you have seen the father. So you don’t have to ask me to show you the father.

John 19:7

The Jewish leaders said, “But this man said that he is God’s son. Our law says that if somebody says that, they have to die.”

John 5:15

Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus that made him better.

John 5:16

The leaders were angry with Jesus for making people better on the Jewish rest day, so they started to make trouble for him.

John 5:17

Jesus said to them, “God, my father, is always working, and I am always working too.”

John 5:23

My father did that so that everyone will respect me, just like they respect him. If you don’t respect me, you are not respecting my father. He is the one that sent me to you.

John 7:1

Some time later, Jesus went around from place to place in Galilee country. He knew that the Jewish leaders in Judea country wanted to kill him, so he didn’t want to go south to Judea.

John 7:19

Listen, Moses gave you God’s law, but you mob don’t follow God’s law. You see, you are trying to kill me.”

John 8:54

Jesus said, “If I tell people that I am great, my words mean nothing. But my father is the one that tells people that I am great. And you reckon that he is your God.

John 8:58

Jesus said, “Listen to this, it’s true. I was alive before Abraham was born. You see, I am always alive.”

Philippians 2:6

He was the same as God. He was just as important as God. But he didn’t reckon that he had to keep on being important, like God is.