John 6:29

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“Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.””

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BSBPD

“Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 6:29 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  2. Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  3. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  4. Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
  5. John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  6. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  7. John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  8. Acts 16:31They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  9. Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
  10. Romans 4:4Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
  11. Romans 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
  12. Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  13. Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
  14. 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
  15. 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

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