John 6:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

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  • Deut 5:27 : 27 You go near so that you can hear everything the LORD our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”
  • Jer 42:3-6 : 3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.” 4 The prophet Jeremiah answered them,“Agreed! I will indeed pray to the LORD your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the LORD replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you.” 5 They answered Jeremiah,“May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the LORD your God sends you to tell us to do. 6 We will obey what the LORD our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.”
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’
  • Mic 6:7-8 : 7 Will the LORD accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring– my own flesh and blood– for my sin? 8 He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God.
  • Matt 19:16 : 16 The Rich Young Man Now someone came up to him and said,“Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?”
  • Luke 10:25 : 25 The Parable of the Good Samaritan Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying,“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”
  • Acts 9:6 : 6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
  • Acts 16:30 : 30 Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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  • John 6:26-27
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    26Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.

    27Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

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    32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

    33The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

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    10So the crowds were asking him,“What then should we do?”

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    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

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    52Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another,“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

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    36Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

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