New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 5:17
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But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
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¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
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But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.
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But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
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John 5
15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
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