Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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."
Webster
Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath 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
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Pisteuo
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Devotionals
Devotionals about John 6:29
Devotionals containing John 6:29
References
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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 "What are we to do," they asked, "in order to carry out the things that God requires?" 29 "This," replied Jesus, "is above all the thing that God requires--that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent." 30 "What miracle then," they asked, "do you perform for us to see and become believers in you? What do you *do*?
Cross References
1 John 3:23
And this is His command--that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.
Matthew 17:5
He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."
Mark 16:16
He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
John 3:16-18
For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.
John 3:36
He who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.
John 5:39
"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;
Acts 16:31
"Believe on the Lord Jesus," they replied, "and both you and your household will be saved."
Acts 22:14-16
Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.
Romans 4:4-5
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
Romans 9:30-31
To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;
Romans 10:3-4
Ignorant of the righteousness which God provides and building their hopes upon a righteousness of their own, they have refused submission to God's righteousness.
Hebrews 5:9
and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver of eternal salvation.
1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.