John 6:28-29
What is written? (ESV)
Then they said to him, What must we do, to be doing the works of God? Jesus answered them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
What does it say?
They [a crowd] asked Him [Jesus] what they must do to be doing God’s work, and Jesus told them that they must believe in Him whom God had sent.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus has just fed the large crowd (5,000 men) by performing a miracle and departed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee by walking on the water and calming the storm along the way. The next day, the crowd again finds him, and a discussion contrasting physical and spiritual food ensues.
How John 6:28-29 is applied across Bible answers
How are works defined in the Bible?
Jesus tells the crowd that God's work is to believe in Him. In other words, God's work is a work of faith.
Jesus had just told them, "Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you" (vs 27), which prompted this follow-up question from them.
