Joh 5:16, 18 | ESV | STEP | And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus , because he was doing these things on the Sabbath .

John 5:16

16 And this was why the Jews ^awere persecuting Jesus, ^bbecause he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

John 5:18

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews ^cwere seeking all the more to kill him, ^dbecause not only was he ^ebreaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^fhis own Father, ^gmaking himself equal with God.