Joh 5:8-9, 16 | ISV | STEP | Jesus said to him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”

John 5:8-9

8 Jesus said to him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”Matt 9:6; Mark 2:11; Luke 5:24 9 The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.John 9:14

John 5:16

16 So the Jews ^{▼▼I.e. Jewish leaders} began persecuting Jesus because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.