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


In Context

14 Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee.

15 The man went his way, and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

16 Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

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

18 Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath, but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God.

19 Then Jesus answered, and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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