John 5:9–18

⁹And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk.

^aNow it was the Sabbath on that day.

¹⁰So ^athe Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and ^bit is not lawful for you to carry your mat.”

¹¹But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

¹²They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

¹³But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.

¹⁴Afterward Jesus ^*found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not ^asin anymore, ^bso that nothing worse happens to you.”

¹⁵The man went away, and disclosed to ^athe Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

¹⁶And for this reason ^athe Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

¹⁷But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with the Father

¹⁸For this reason therefore ^athe Jews ^bwere seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^cmaking Himself equal with God.