John 6:28

Therefore they said to him, What shall we do, (so) that we work the works of God?

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Work ye not (for) meat that perisheth, but (for) that that dwelleth into everlasting life, which meat man’s Son shall give to you; for God the Father hath marked him. (Work not for the food that perisheth, but for that which remaineth unto eternal life, which food man’s Son shall give to you; for God the Father hath sealed him.)

29Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe to him (or so that ye believe in him), whom he sent.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:27Rather nigh thou, and hear thou all things which our Lord God shall say to thee; and thou shalt speak to us, and we shall hear, and do those words. (Instead, thou go near, and listen thou to all the things that the Lord our God shall say to thee; and thou shalt tell us, and we shall hear, and do those things.)

Jeremiah 42:20for ye have deceived your souls, for ye sent me to your Lord God, and said, Pray thou for us to our Lord God, and by all things whatever things our Lord [God] shall say to thee, so tell thou to us, and we shall do. (for ye have deceived your own souls, when ye sent me to the Lord your God, and said, Pray thou for us to the Lord our God, and everything that the Lord our God shall say to thee, tell thou to us, and we shall do it.)

Matthew 19:16And lo! one came, and said to him, Good master, what good [thing] shall I do, that I have everlasting life? (And behold! one came, and said to him, Good Teacher, what good thing should I do, so that I can have, or so that I can get, eternal life?)

Acts 2:37When they heard these things, they were compuncted in heart; and they said to Peter and [to] (the) other apostles, Brethren (or Brothers), what shall we do?

Acts 16:30And he brought them withoutforth, and said, Lords, what behooveth me to do, that I be made safe? (And he brought them outside, and said, Lords, what must I do, so that I can 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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