Parallel Verses

Amplified

Jesus answered, “This is the work of God: that you believe [adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith] in the One whom He has sent.”

New American Standard Bible

Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Jesus answered them, "This is God's work: to believe in the one whom he has sent."

A Conservative Version

Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent.

American Standard Version

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

An Understandable Version

Jesus answered them, "This is the deed that God requires: You should believe in Him whom God has sent [i.e., in Jesus]."

Anderson New Testament

Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

Bible in Basic English

Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

Common New Testament

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

Daniel Mace New Testament

Jesus answered them, the work which God requires is to believe on him whom he hath sent.

Darby Translation

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he has sent.

Godbey New Testament

Jesus responded and said to them, This is the work of God, that you may believe on Him whom He hath sent.

Goodspeed New Testament

Jesus answered them, "The work God has for you is to believe in the messenger that he has sent to you."

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe in him whom he has sent.

King James 2000

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."

Modern King James verseion

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe on Him whom He has sent.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

Jesus replied to them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom God has sent."

Montgomery New Testament

"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."

NET Bible

Jesus replied, "This is the deed God requires -- to believe in the one whom he sent."

New Heart English Bible

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

Noyes New Testament

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom he sent.

Sawyer New Testament

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God; to believe on him whom he has sent.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

"This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent."

Williams New Testament

Jesus answered them, "The work that God demands of you is this, to believe in the messenger whom He has sent."

World English Bible

Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

Worrell New Testament

Jesus answered, and said to them, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He sent."

Worsley New Testament

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him, whom He hath sent.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

ἀποκρίνομαι 
Apokrinomai 
Usage: 231

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0

τοῦτο 
Touto 
Usage: 232

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

the work
ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

ye believe
πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163

on
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

he
ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 6:29

Devotionals containing John 6:29

References

Hastings

Images John 6:29

Prayers for John 6:29

Context Readings

Discourse About The Bread Of Life

28 Then they asked Him, “What are we to do, so that we may habitually be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered, “This is the work of God: that you believe [adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith] in the One whom He has sent.” 30 So they said to Him, “What sign (attesting miracle) will You do that we may see it and believe You? What [supernatural] work will You do [as proof]?



Cross References

1 John 3:23

This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us.

Deuteronomy 18:18-19

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Psalm 2:12


Kiss (pay respect to) the Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.
How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!”

Mark 16:16

He who has believed [in Me] and has been baptized will be saved [from the penalty of God’s wrath and judgment]; but he who has not believed will be condemned.

John 3:16-18

“For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:36

He who believes and trusts in the Son and accepts Him [as Savior] has eternal life [that is, already possesses it]; but he who does not believe the Son and chooses to reject Him, [disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior] will not see [eternal] life, but [instead] the wrath of God hangs over him continually.”

John 5:39

You search and keep on searching and examining the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and yet it is those [very Scriptures] that testify about Me;

Acts 16:31

And they answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus [as your personal Savior and entrust yourself to Him] and you will be saved, you and your household [if they also believe].”

Acts 22:14-16

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, [and to progressively understand His plan with clarity and power] and to see the Righteous One [Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and to hear a message from His [own] mouth.

Romans 4:4-5

Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].

Romans 9:30-31

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;

Romans 10:3-4

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Hebrews 5:9

And having been made perfect [uniquely equipped and prepared as Savior and retaining His integrity amid opposition], He became the source of eternal salvation [an eternal inheritance] to all those who obey Him,

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.

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