Exodus 5:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; therefore you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’

Cross References

Exodus 5:16

No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”

Exodus 5:18

Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.”

Exodus 5:8

But the number of bricks which they made heretofore you shall lay upon them, you shall by no means lessen it; for they are idle; therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’

Matthew 26:8

But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”