John 6:28

"What are we to do," they asked, "in order to carry out the things that God requires?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

In Context

27Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

29"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

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Cross References

Matthew 19:16"Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?"

Acts 2:37Stung to the heart by these words, they said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles, "Brethren, what are we to do?"

Acts 16:30and, bringing them out of the prison, he exclaimed, "O sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

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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