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John 5:18

WEB

18For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

KJV

18Therefore 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.

BSB

18Because 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.

FBV

18[+] This was why the Jews tried even harder to kill him, for not only did he break the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.

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Extra References

John 10:33

33The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”


John 10:30

30I and the Father are one.”


John 19:7

7The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”


John 8:58

58Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.


John 5:23

23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.


John 14:23

23Jesus answered him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.


John 7:1

1After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.


John 8:54

54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.


Revelation 22:1

1He showed me a[+] river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,


John 7:19

19Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”