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John 5:17-19
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
John 5:17-19
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working still, and I am working.” 18 This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath[a] but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.
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- 5.18 broke the sabbath: i.e., broke the sabbath as interpreted by them; see note on Mt 12.14.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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