John 6:27

Jesus urges them to labor not for perishable food but for the food that endures to eternal life, which He gives. He redirects their desire from the temporary to the eternal.

Cross-references · 40

• Col 3:2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
• Isa 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
• John 6:54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
• 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• John 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Matt 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
• John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• Acts 10:38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• John 10:28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• Jer 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
• John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
• Prov 2:2–6So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
• Eccl 6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
• 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• John 5:36–37But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
• 1 Pet 1:24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
• Luke 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
• John 6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
• John 4:13–14Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
• 2 Pet 3:11–14Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
• John 3:33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
• Col 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
• John 6:28–29Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
• 1 Th 1:3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• Luke 4:18–21The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
• Ps 2:7I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
• 1 Cor 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
• Acts 2:22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
• Luke 9:35And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
• Matt 6:31–33Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
• 2 Cor 4:18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• Heb 12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
• John 1:33–34And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
• Ps 40:7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
• John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Luke 10:40–42But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
• John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

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