John 6:26-36

Christian Standard Bible

²⁶ Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw^[a] the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. ²⁷ Don’t work for the food that perishes^(A) but for the food that lasts for eternal life,^(B) which the Son of Man^(C) will give you, because God the Father^(D) has set his seal of approval on him.”

²⁸ “What can we do to perform the works of God?” they asked.

²⁹ Jesus replied, “This is the work^(E) of God—that you believe in the one he has sent.”^(F)

³⁰ “What sign, then, are you going to do so that we may see and believe you?” they asked. “What are you going to perform? ³¹ Our ancestors ate the manna^(G) in the wilderness,^(H) just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”^[b](I)

³² Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, Moses^(J) didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

³⁴ Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ “I am^(K) the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me^(L) will ever be hungry,^(M) and no one who believes in me^(N) will ever be thirsty^(O) again. ³⁶ But as I told you, you’ve seen me,^[c] and yet you do not believe.