John 5:16-18

AUV(i) 16 So, for this reason the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He did these [kinds of] things on the Sabbath day. 17 But Jesus said to them, “My Father is continuing to work and I am working.” 18 So, for this reason the Jews looked for more [opportunities] to kill Him, because He not only broke Sabbath day [restrictions], but also He had called God His own Father, [thereby] making Himself equal with God.