John 6:26

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Summary

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Ye seek

James 4:3

General references

Luke 14:25

Bible References

Ye seek

So when Jesus learned that they were going to come and carry Him off by force to crown Him king, He again retired to the hill by Himself.

So when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.

for most people are looking out for their own interests, not for the interests of Jesus Christ.

Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,

and perpetual friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth, who imagine that religion is only a means of gain.

You ask and fail to get them, because you ask with evil, selfish motives, to spend them on your pleasures.

General references

Now great crowds were going along with Him, and all at once He turned and said to them: