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

General references

Genesis 34:23

Luke 14:25

Bible References

Ye seek

Jesus therefore having perceived that they are going to come and seize him, so that they might make him king, departed onto the mountain himself alone.

For their heart was not right with him, nor were they faithful in his covenant.

Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them,

For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

For they all seek the things of themselves, not the things of Christ Jesus.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and the glory in their shame, who mind earthly things.

constant frictions of men corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing piety to be a means of gain. Withdraw from such.

Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures.

General references

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

Now many multitudes went with him, and having turned, he said to them,