John 6:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

For their heart was not steadfast with him, nor were they faithful to his covenant.

Then they believed his words; they sang his praise.

And they come to you {as people do}, and they sit {before you}, and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they [are] showing passion in their mouth, but their heart [is] going after ill-gotten gain.

Now Simon, [when he] saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

For they all seek {their own interests}, not those of Jesus Christ.

whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.

constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, in order that you may spend [it] on your pleasures.

General references

Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals [be] ours? Only let us give consent to them so they will live among us."

Now large crowds were going along with him, and he turned around [and] said to them,