Parallel Verses
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."
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to them,
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,
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.
Amplified
Jesus answered,
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.
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.'
Themes
Christian conduct » Believing in Christ
Faith » Faith encouraged, reasons for » A fundamental duty
Faith » The objects of, are » Christ
Jesus Christ » History of » Teaches in the synagogue in capernaum
Topics
Interlinear
Touto
Pisteuo
Hos
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 6:29
Devotionals containing John 6:29
References
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 6:29
Images John 6:29
Prayers for John 6:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Discourse About The Bread Of Life
28 "How," they asked, "are we to do the work that God would have us do?" 29 "The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger." 30 "What sign, then," they asked, "are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?
Cross References
1 John 3:23
His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.
Matthew 17:5
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and there was a voice from the cloud that said-- "This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight; him you must hear."
Mark 16:16
He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.
John 3:16-18
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.
John 3:36
He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'
John 5:39
You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life;
Acts 16:31
"Believe in Jesus, our Lord," they replied, "and you shall be saved, you and your household too."
Acts 22:14-16
Then he said 'The God of our ancestors has appointed you to learn his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from his lips;
Romans 4:4-5
Now wages are regarded as due to the man who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;
Romans 9:30-31
What are we to say, then? Why, that Gentiles, who were not in search of righteousness, secured it-a righteousness which was the result of faith;
Romans 10:3-4
For, in their ignorance of the Divine Righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the Divine Righteousness.
Hebrews 5:9
and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal Salvation,
1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.