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, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Then they believed his words. They sang his praise.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don't 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 offered them money,

For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

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

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

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

General references

Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,