John 5:9–18

⁹Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

Now that day was the Sabbath,^{ad 10}and so the Jews^ae said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath.^af The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.”

¹¹He replied, “The man who made me well^ag told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

¹²“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” they asked. ¹³But the man who was healed did not know who it was,^ah because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.^A

¹⁴After this, Jesus found him in the temple^ai and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.” ¹⁵The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.^{a 16}Therefore, the Jews began persecuting^b Jesus^B because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.^c

HONORING THE FATHER AND THE SON

¹⁷Jesus responded to them, “My Father^d is still working, and I am working also.” ¹⁸This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill him:^e Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.