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John 5:16

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And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

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  1. John 5:14

    Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

  2. John 5:15

    The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

  3. John 5:17

    But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

  4. John 5:18

    Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.