The Father and the Son
John 5:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
- KJV
- ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
- WEB
- But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
- ASV
- But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.
- LSV
- And Jesus answered them, “My Father works until now, and I work”;
- YLT
- And Jesus answered them, 'My Father till now doth work, and I work;'
- DBY
- But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.
- DRC
- But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work.
- GNV
- But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Ἰησοῦς (“Jesus”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881) read δὲ; Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add Ἰησοῦς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ δὲ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς· Ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.
- RP2018
- Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς, Ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτοῖς, Ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι.
- SCR1894
- ο δε ιησους απεκρινατο αυτοις ο πατηρ μου εως αρτι εργαζεται καγω εργαζομαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
- Colossians 1:16For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- 1 Corinthians 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
- Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on…
- Genesis 2:1–2Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
- Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
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