John 5:9-18 ▼

9 The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

10 So the Jewish leaders told the man who had been healed, |It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.

11 But he answered them, |The man who made me well told me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'|

12 They asked him, |Who is the man who told you, 'Pick it up and walk'?|

13 But the one who had been healed did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away from the crowd in that place.

14 Later on, Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, |Look! You have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.|

15 The man went off and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.

17 But Jesus answered them, |My Father has been working until now, and I, too, am working.|

18 So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.