John 6:27

New English Translation

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Cross References

Psalm 2:7

The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

Psalm 40:7

Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.

Isaiah 55:2

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Jeremiah 15:16

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Habakkuk 2:13

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

Matthew 25:46

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”

Matthew 6:19

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Mark 1:11

And a voice came from heaven: “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

Mark 9:7

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!”

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”

Luke 9:35

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!”

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.

John 11:42

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 14:6

Jesus replied, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 15:24

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

John 17:2

just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.

John 3:15

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

John 3:33

The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 6:47

I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 6:53

Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

John 6:54

The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:62

Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

John 6:68

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 8:18

I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Acts 10:38

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Acts 2:22

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know –

Romans 4:11

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

Romans 6:23

For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:13

“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both.” The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 9:2

If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:18

because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

Deuteronomy 30:13

And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

Philippians 2:13

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Colossians 1:29

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

Colossians 2:22

These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings.

Colossians 3:2

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 2:19

However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”

Hebrews 12:16

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Hebrews 4:11

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

1 Peter 1:24

For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

2 Peter 1:17

For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: “This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”