John 6:29

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

In Context

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

30"What miracle then," they asked, "do you perform for us to see and become believers in you? What do you *do*?

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Cross References

Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

John 3:36He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.

Acts 16:31"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they replied, "and both you and your household will be saved."

Romans 4:4But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;

Romans 10:3Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.

Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60

Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →

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