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John 6:29
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
John 6:29 · Bible in Basic English
John 6:29 in other translations
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
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In context
26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
28 Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?
29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
30 So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
32 Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
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