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John 5:17

WEB

17But Jesus answered them, My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

KJV

17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

BSB

17But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

FBV

17But Jesus told them, “My Father is still working, and so am I.”

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Extra References

John 9:4

4I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.


John 14:10

10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.


Colossians 1:16

16For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.


1 Corinthians 12:6

6There are various kinds of workings, but the same God who works all things in all.


Hebrews 1:3

3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,


Genesis 2:1-2

1The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. 2On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.


Isaiah 40:26

26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. By the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.


Acts 14:17

17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you[+] rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”


Acts 17:28

28For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’


Matthew 10:29

29“Aren’[+] t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin?[+] Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.