John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28They said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?
Cross References
Psalms 2:7The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee.
Proverbs 2:2That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
Ecclesiastes 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
Habakkuk 2:13Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.
Matthew Henry on John 6:23-28
Christ's Discourse with the Multitude. 22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; 23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his… Read the whole commentary →