NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 31

John 6:31

World English Bible Updated

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”

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John 6:28–34

28

They said therefore to him, “What must we do, that we may work the works of God?”

29

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

30

They said therefore to him, “What then do you do for a sign, that we may see and believe you? What work do you do?

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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”

32

Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.

33

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.”

34

They said therefore to him, “Lord, always give us this bread.”

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

  1. Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”.
  2. Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalms 78:24-25

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