John 6:26-40

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you ¹seek Me, not because you saw ²signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 "Do not ³work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ⁴eternal life, which ⁵the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ⁶has set His seal."

28 Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?"

29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is ⁷the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ⁸has sent."

30 So they said to Him, "⁹What then do You do for a ¹⁰sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 "¹¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, '¹²HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.' "

32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

33 "For the bread of God is that which ¹³comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."

34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, always ¹⁴give us this bread."

35 Jesus said to them, "¹⁵I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me ¹⁶will never * thirst.

36 "But ¹⁷I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 "¹⁸All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly * not cast out.

38 "For ¹⁹I have come down from heaven, ²⁰not to do My own will, but ²¹the will of Him who ²²sent Me.

39 "This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ²³all that He has given Me I ²⁴lose nothing, but ²⁵raise it up on the last day.

40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ²⁶beholds the Son and ²⁷believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ²⁸raise him up on the last day."

Cross References

• 1. John 6:24
• 2. John 6:2, 14, 30
• 3. Isaiah 55:2
• 4. John 3:15; John 4:14; John 6:40, 47, 54; John 10:28; John 17:2
• 5. Matthew 8:20; John 6:53, 62
• 6. John 3:33
• 7. 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 2:22; 1 John 3:23; Revelation 2:26
• 8. John 3:17
• 9. Matthew 12:38
• 10. John 6:2, 14, 26
• 11. Ex 16:4, 15, 21; Numbers 11:8; John 6:49, 58
• 12. Psalms 78:24; Exodus 16:4, 15; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 105:40
• 13. John 6:41, 50
• 14. John 4:15
• 15. John 6:48, 51
• 16. John 4:14
• 17. John 6:26
• 18. John 6:39; John 17:2, 24
• 19. John 3:13
• 20. Matthew 26:39
• 21. John 4:34; John 5:30
• 22. John 6:29
• 23. John 6:37; John 17:2, 24
• 24. John 17:12; John 18:9
• 25. Matthew 10:15; John 6:40, 44, 54; John 11:24
• 26. John 12:45; John 14:17, 19
• 27. John 3:16
• 28. Matthew 10:15; John 6:39, 44, 54; John 11:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "He who comes"