John 6:29-31

Contemporary English Version

²⁹Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he sent.”

³⁰They replied, “What miracle will you work, so that we can have faith in you? What will you do? ³¹^(A) For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna^[a] to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

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6.31 manna: When the people of Israel were wandering through the desert, the Lord gave them a special kind of food to eat. It tasted like a wafer and was called “manna,” which in Hebrew means, “What is this?”