Exodus 5:17

The English Standar Version

But he said, "You are idle, you are idle; that is why 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. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks."

Exodus 5:8

But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, 'Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.'

Matthew 26:8

And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?

John 6:27

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