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John 6:28–29

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6:28So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds45 God requires?”466:29Jesus replied,47 “This is the deed48 God requires49—to believe in the one whom he50 sent.”

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Footnotes

  1. 45 Grk “the works.”
  2. 46 Grk “What must we do to work the works of God?”
  3. 47 Grk “answered and said to them.”
  4. 48 Grk “the work.”
  5. 49 Grk “This is the work of God.”
  6. 50 Grk “that one” (i.e., God).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

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.