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John 5:16

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

This is why the Jewish leaders started coming after Jesus and literally wanted to kill him — because he was doing these healings on the Sabbath.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus broke their religious rules to help people, and they couldn't handle it.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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