John 5:17

New American Standard Bible (1995)

But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus responded to them, “My Father

King James Version (1611)
But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, & I worke.

King James Version
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

English Standard Version
But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

New American Standard Bible
But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."

New Century Version
But Jesus said to them, "My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too."

Amplified Bible
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working."

Legacy Standard Bible
But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus answered them, "To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working."

Contemporary English Version
But Jesus said, "My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working."

Complete Jewish Bible
But he answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I too am working."

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

Easy-to-Read Version
But he said to them, "My Father never stops working, and so I work too."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.

George Lamsa Translation
But Jesus said to them, My Father works even until now, so I also work.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered them, "My Father is always working, and I too must work."

Lexham English Bible
But he answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

Literal Translation
But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.

American Standard Version
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

Bible in Basic English
But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

Hebrew Names Version
But Yeshua answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

International Standard Version
But Jesushe">[fn] answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I, too, am working."John 9:4; 14:10;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
But he, Jeshu, said to them, My Father until now worketh, I also work.

Murdock Translation
But Jesus said to them: My Father worketh until now, and I work.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus aunswered them: My father worketh hitherto, and I worke.

English Revised Version
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

World English Bible
But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But Jesus answered them, My father worketh until now, and I work.

Weymouth's New Testament
His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answeride to hem, My fadir worchith til now, and Y worche.

Update Bible Version
But Jesus answered them, My Father works even until now, and I work.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

New English Translation
So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working."

New King James Version
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."

New Living Translation
But Jesus replied, "My Father is always working, and so am I."

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "My Father is still working all the time so I am working also."

New Revised Standard
But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, and I also am working."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, he, answered them - My Father, until even now, is working; and, I, am working.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work.

Revised Standard Version
But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus answered them: my father worketh hidder to and I worke.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Iesus answered them: My father worketh hither to, and I worke also.

Mace New Testament (1729)
But Jesus answered them, my father works without intermission, and so do I.

THE MESSAGE
But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even on the Sabbath. So am I."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus told them, "When your Father is out working, you go and work with him. My Dad is working today and I am too."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."¹⁸ For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰ "For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. ²¹ "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² "For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. ²⁴ "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁶ "For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My: John 9:4, John 14:10, Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Psalms 65:6, Isaiah 40:26, Matthew 10:29, Acts 14:17, Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 12:6, Colossians 1:16, Hebrews 1:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:26 - Let us Isaiah 40:28 - fainteth Zechariah 13:7 - the man Matthew 7:21 - my Matthew 9:5 - Arise Matthew 12:2 - Behold Matthew 12:8 - General Matthew 27:43 - I am Mark 2:28 - General Luke 2:49 - my John 1:3 - General John 1:10 - was in John 2:16 - my John 8:25 - Even John 10:25 - I told John 10:30 - General John 10:36 - I am John 14:23 - make Acts 2:22 - which Ephesians 3:9 - created Colossians 1:17 - and by Colossians 2:2 - of the Father

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Jesus answered them,.... Being convened before them, and charged by them with the violation of the sabbath, he vindicated himself in the following manner, saying;

my Father worketh hitherto: he who is my Father, not by creation, or adoption, but by nature, though he ended all his work on the seventh day, and rested from what he had done; yet he did not cease from working at all, but has continued to work ever since, on sabbath days, as well as on other days; in upholding and governing the world, in continuing the species of beings, and all creatures in their being; in providing for them, and in dispensing the bounties of his providence to them; in causing his sun to shine, and showers of rain to descend on the earth; and in taking care of, and protecting even the meanest of his creatures: and much more men; and still more his own people:

and I work; or "also I work"; as the Syriac and Arabic version reads; i.e. in conjunction with him, as a co-efficient cause in the works of providence, in the government of the world, in upholding all things in it, in bearing up the pillars of the earth, in holding things together, and sustaining all creatures: or I also work in imitation of him, in doing good both to the bodies and souls of men on the sabbath day, being the Lord of it: I do but what my Father does, and therefore, as he is not to be blamed for his works on that day, as none will say he is, no more am I. So Philo the Jew says b,

"God never ceases to work; but as it is the property of fire to burn, and of snow to cool, so of God to work.''

And what most men call fortune, he calls the divine Logos, or word, to whom he ascribes all the affairs of providence c.

b Leg. Ailegor. l. 1. p. 41. c Quod Deus sit Immutab. p. 318.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My Father - God.

Worketh hitherto - Worketh “until now,” or until this time. God has not ceased to work on the Sabbath. He makes the sun to rise; He rolls the stars; He causes the grass, the tree, the flower to grow. He has not suspended His operations on the Sabbath, and the obligation to “rest” on the Sabbath does not extend to Him. He created the world in six days, and ceased the work of creation; but He has not ceased to govern it, and to carry forward, by His providence, His great plans on the Sabbath.

And I work - “As God does good on that day; as he is not bound by the law which requires his creatures to rest on that day, so “I” do the same. The law on that subject may be dispensed with, also, in my case, for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.” In this reply it is implied that he was equal with God from two circumstances:

1. Because he called God his Father, John 5:18.
2. Because he claimed the same exemption from law which God did, asserting that the law of the Sabbath did not bind him or his Father, thus showing that he had a right to impose and repeal laws in the same manner as God. He that has a right to do this must be God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 5:17. My Father worked hitherto, and I work. — Or, As my Father worketh until now, c., καθως being understood. God created the world in six days: on the seventh he rested from all creating acts, and set it apart to be an everlasting memorial of his work. But, though he rested from creating, he never ceased from preserving and governing that which he had formed: in this respect he can keep no sabbaths for nothing can continue to exist, or answer the end proposed by the Divine wisdom and goodness, without the continual energy of God. So I work - I am constantly employed in the same way, governing and supporting all things, comforting the wretched, and saving the lost; and to me, in this respect, there is no sabbath.