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


In Context

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole.

16 And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

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

18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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