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 \v 16 Now because of these things the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
-\v 17 Jesus told them, "My Father is working even now, and I, too, work."
+\v 17 Jesus told them, "My Father is working even now, and I, too, am working."
 \v 18 Because of this, the Jews sought all the more to kill him because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
 
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