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John 5:18
Expanded Bible
John 5:18
Expanded Bible
18 This made ·them [the Jewish leaders; L the Jews] try still harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Now he says that God is his own Father, making himself equal with God!” [C Both breaking the Sabbath and blasphemy against God were punishable by death; Ex. 35:2; Lev. 24:16.]
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John 5:18
New King James Version
John 5:18
New King James Version
18 Therefore the Jews (A)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, (B)making Himself equal with God.
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John 5:18
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John 5:18
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18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
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John 5:18
New International Version
John 5:18
New International Version
18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(A) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(B)
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