--- title: "John 5:17-23 KJV - \"But Jesus answered them, My Father wor...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not on\" β€” Read John 5:17-23 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/john/5/17-23" --- [ Read](/kjv/john/5)[ Commentary](/study/john/5)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/john/5) Audio ## John 5:17-23 in Context (Verses 14–26 KJV) [14 ](/kjv/john/5/14) Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. [15 ](/kjv/john/5/15) The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. [16 ](/kjv/john/5/16) And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. [17 ](/kjv/john/5/17) ΒΆ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. [18 ](/kjv/john/5/18) Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. [19 ](/kjv/john/5/19) Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. [20 ](/kjv/john/5/20) For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. [21 ](/kjv/john/5/21) For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth *them*; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. [22 ](/kjv/john/5/22) For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: [23 ](/kjv/john/5/23) That all *men* should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. [24 ](/kjv/john/5/24) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. [25 ](/kjv/john/5/25) Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. [26 ](/kjv/john/5/26) For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; [John 4](/kjv/john/4) [John 6](/kjv/john/6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/john/5/17-23#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/john/5/17-23#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/john/5/17-23","name":"John 5:17-23 KJV - \"But Jesus answered them, My Father wor...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/john/5/17-23#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 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