17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.


In Context

14 After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to thee.

15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.

18 For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself save whatever he sees the Father doing: for whatever things he does, these things also the Son does in like manner.

John 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, |My Father is still working, so I am working, too.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17And Jesus answered them, 'My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work.