The Sabbath, the Law Forbids You to Carry Your Mat and Walk

Once the man was cured, he picked up his mat and walked. The Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, it is the Sabbath,. But he replied, the man who made me well said to me, pick up your mat and walk. So because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. They tried all the more to kill him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own father, making himself equal with God.