John 6:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would 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, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”

2 Chronicles 32:31

And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes 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 try him and to know all that was in his heart.

2 Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are holding to your 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 shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi thy Thummim, and thy Urim to thy godly one, whom thou didst test at Massah, with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

Revelation 2:2

“ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;