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John 6:27

Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

In Context

26“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “you're looking for me because you ate as much bread as you wanted, not because you understood the miracles.

28So they asked him, “What should we be doing in order to do what God wants?”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:7“I will proclaim the Lord's decree,” says the king. “He told me, ‘You are my son. Today I have become your father.

Proverbs 2:2if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;

Ecclesiastes 6:7Everyone works so they can live, but they're never satisfied.

Isaiah 42:1Look! Here is my servant, the one I support; my chosen one who pleases me. I have placed my Spirit on him, and he will show the nations what is right.

Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to announce liberation to the captives, to set the prisoners free,

Habakkuk 2:13Hasn't the Lord Almighty decided that all the hard work of such nations is going to be burned up—that they wear themselves out for nothing?

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 →

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