16. Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jews began to oppose him.
17. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this very day. I am working too."
18. For this reason the Jews tried even harder to kill him. Jesus was not only breaking the Sabbath. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19. Jesus answered, "What I'm about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.