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29 Jesus replied,

“This is the work of God:
to believe in the one whom he has sent.”

30 They asked him further, “What sign can you give us that we can see and come to believe in you? What work will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate manna in the desert. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven[a] to eat.’ ”

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  1. John 6:31 Bread from heaven: see Ex 16:4, 15, 32-34; Ps 78:24. There was a belief that the manna had been hidden by Jeremiah (see 2 Mac 2:5-8) and would reappear at Passover in Messianic times.

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe(A) in the one he has sent.”(B)

30 So they asked him, “What sign(C) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(D) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(E) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a](F)

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  1. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25