²⁶Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^q not because you saw the signs^r I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures^s to eternal life,^t which the Son of Man^u will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal^v of approval.”

²⁸Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

²⁹Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe^w in the one he has sent.”^x

³⁰So they asked him, “What sign^y then will you give that we may see it and believe you?^z What will you do? ³¹Our ancestors ate the manna^a in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^c”^b

³²Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^c and gives life to the world.”

³⁴“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”^d

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Footnotes

c Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24, 25

Cross references

pSee Mt 23:7
qver 24
rver 30; See Jn 2:11
s Isa 55:2
tver 54; See Mt 25:46
uSee Mt 8:20
v Ro 4:11; 1 Co 9:2; 2 Co 1:22; Eph 1:13; 4:30; 2 Ti 2:19; Rev 7:3
w 1 Jn 3:23
xSee Jn 3:17
ySee Jn 2:11
zSee Mt 12:38
a Nu 11:7–9
b Ex 16:4, 15; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:24; 105:40
cver 50; Jn 3:13, 31
d Jn 4:15