KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
This made the religious leaders even more determined to kill him. It wasn't just that he broke their Sabbath rules — he was calling God his Father, basically claiming to be equal with God.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Jesus didn't just break religious rules; he claimed to be God himself, and that changed everything.
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