John 6:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But He said this to prove (test) him, for He well knew what He was about to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Common English Bible

⁶ Jesus said this to test him, for he already knew what he was going to do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But he said this to test him. For he himself knew what he would do.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he would do.

John 6:6 Cross References

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

2 Chronicles 32:31

So also in the matter of the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!

Deuteronomy 13:3

you must not heed the words of those prophets or those who divine by dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you indeed love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

Revelation 2:2

“I know your works, your toil and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them to be false.