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John 6:28–30

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Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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From verse 28

  1. Acts 16:30Rank 1 from verse 28
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    30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

  2. Acts 9:6Rank 2 from verse 28
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    6And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

  3. Luke 10:25Rank 3 from verse 28
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    25¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

  4. Matthew 19:16Rank 4 from verse 28
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    16¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

  5. Acts 2:37Rank 5 from verse 28
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    37¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

  6. Deuteronomy 5:27Rank 6 from verse 28
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    27Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

  7. Micah 6:7–8Rank 7 from verse 28
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    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  8. Jeremiah 42:20Rank 8 from verse 28
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    20For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

  9. Jeremiah 42:3–6Rank 9 from verse 28
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    3That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

    4Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

    5Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

    6Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.

From verse 29

  1. 1 John 3:23Rank 1 from verse 29
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    23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

  2. Acts 16:31Rank 2 from verse 29
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    31And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

  3. John 3:36Rank 3 from verse 29
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    36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  4. Hebrews 5:9Rank 4 from verse 29
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    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  5. 1 John 5:1Rank 5 from verse 29
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    1WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

  6. Mark 16:16Rank 6 from verse 29
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    16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

  7. Romans 4:4–5Rank 7 from verse 29
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    4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

  8. John 5:39Rank 8 from verse 29
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    39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  9. John 3:16–18Rank 9 from verse 29
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    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

    18¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

  10. Romans 9:30–31Rank 10 from verse 29
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

    31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

  11. Psalms 2:12Rank 11 from verse 29
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    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  12. Deuteronomy 18:18–19Rank 12 from verse 29
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    18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

    19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

  13. Matthew 17:5Rank 13 from verse 29
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    5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  14. Romans 10:3–4Rank 14 from verse 29
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    3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

    4For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

  15. Acts 22:14–16Rank 15 from verse 29
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    14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

    15For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

    16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

From verse 30

  1. John 12:37Rank 1 from verse 30
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    37¶ But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:22Rank 2 from verse 30
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    22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

  3. John 10:38Rank 3 from verse 30
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    38But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  4. John 6:36Rank 4 from verse 30
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    36But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

  5. 1 Kings 13:3Rank 5 from verse 30
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    3And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

  6. 1 Kings 13:5Rank 6 from verse 30
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    5The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

  7. Acts 4:30Rank 7 from verse 30
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    30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

  8. Exodus 4:8Rank 8 from verse 30
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    8And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

  9. Hebrews 2:4Rank 9 from verse 30
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    4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

  10. Isaiah 5:19Rank 10 from verse 30
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    19That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

  11. Isaiah 7:11–14Rank 11 from verse 30
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    11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

    12But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

    13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

    14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  12. John 2:18Rank 12 from verse 30
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    18¶ Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

  13. John 20:25–29Rank 13 from verse 30
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    25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

    26¶ And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

    27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

    28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

    29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

  14. Luke 11:29–30Rank 14 from verse 30
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    29¶ And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

    30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

  15. Mark 15:32Rank 15 from verse 30
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    32Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

  16. Mark 8:11Rank 16 from verse 30
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    11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

  17. Matthew 12:38–39Rank 17 from verse 30
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    38¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

    39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

  18. Matthew 16:1–4Rank 18 from verse 30
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    1THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

    2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

    3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

    4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

  19. John 4:8Rank 19 from verse 30
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    8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

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John 6:28

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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John 6:29

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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John 6:30

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shewest

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Second-person singular present form of shew. Sense 1: To cause to see; to display, present, point out, or make visible. Sense 2: To reveal, disclose, declare, explain, teach, direct, or make known. Sense 3: To demonstrate, prove, manifest, or make evident. Sense 4: To exercise or perform kindness, mercy, favour, piety, or another stated disposition toward someone.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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dost

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Sense 1: Do: perform, act, or carry out. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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6:28Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

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6:29Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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6:30They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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6:31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

6:32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

6:34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

6:36But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

6:38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

6:39And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

6:42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

6:43Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

6:44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

6:46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

6:47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

6:48I am that bread of life.

6:49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

6:50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

6:53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

6:54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

6:55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

6:57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

6:59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

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