John 5:9-18 ▼

9 And instantly the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked away: and that day was the sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same person said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then they asked him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 Now he that was cured knew not who he was: for Jesus had slipped away, a crowd being on the spot.

14 After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee.

15 The man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

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

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

18 Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.