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John 6:28–29

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28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing pthe works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, qthat you believe in him whom rhe has sent.”

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Cross references

  1. p1 Cor. 15:58; Rev. 2:26
  2. q1 John 3:23
  3. rSee ch. 3:17

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.

Jesus replied, “This is the work of God—that you believe in the one he has sent.”

NLTNew Living Translation

They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”

Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So they said to him, “What shall we do that we can accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God: that you believe in the one whom that one sent.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.