John 6:43
New International Version
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered.

New Living Translation
But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said.

English Standard Version
Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

Berean Standard Bible
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

Berean Literal Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble with one another.

King James Bible
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

New King James Version
Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves.

New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves.

NASB 1995
Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

NASB 1977
Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.

Amplified Bible
So Jesus answered, “Stop murmuring among yourselves.

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, “Stop complaining among yourselves.

American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told them: Stop grumbling!

English Revised Version
Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus responded, "Stop criticizing me!

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Stop grumbling among yourselves.

International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Stop grumbling among yourselves.

Majority Standard Bible
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus therefore replied.

NET Bible
Jesus replied, "Do not complain about me to one another.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore Jesus answered them, "Do not murmur among yourselves.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

Weymouth New Testament
"Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;

World English Bible
Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, “Do not murmur with one another;

Berean Literal Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble with one another.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, 'Murmur not one with another;

Smith's Literal Translation
Then answered Jesus and said to them, Murmur not with one another.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus therefore answered, and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so Jesus responded and said to them: “Do not choose to murmur among yourselves.

New American Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop murmuring among yourselves.

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur one with another.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Yeshua answered and said to them, “Do not mutter one with another.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Jesus answered and said to them: Murmur not among your selves;

Godbey New Testament
Jesus responded and said to them, Murmur not with one another.

Haweis New Testament
Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

Mace New Testament
Jesus therefore replied, murmur not among your selves.

Weymouth New Testament
"Do not thus find fault among yourselves," replied Jesus;

Worrell New Testament
Jesus answered, and said to them, "Murmur not among yourselves.

Worsley New Testament
Jesus therefore said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

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Audio Bible



Context
Jesus the Bread of Life
42They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’ ” 43“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied. 44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.…

Cross References
John 6:44
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:65
Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

John 5:41-44
I do not accept glory from men, / but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. / I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him. ...

John 7:32-34
When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him. / So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me. / You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

John 8:43-47
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message. / You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. / But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! ...

John 12:37-40
Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: ...

John 3:27
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

John 10:26-29
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe. / My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. ...

John 17:6-9
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. / Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You. / For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me. ...

Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. / Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight. / All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Romans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast.

Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 6:9-10
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”


Treasury of Scripture

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

Murmur.

John 6:64
But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

John 16:19
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

Matthew 16:8
Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

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John 6
1. Jesus feeds five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes.
15. Thereupon the people would have made him king;
16. but withdrawing himself, he walks on the sea to his disciples;
26. reproves the people flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his word;
32. declares himself to be the bread of life to believers.
66. Many disciples depart from him.
68. Peter confesses him.
70. Judas is a devil.














Stop grumbling among yourselves
In this passage, Jesus addresses the crowd's murmuring and dissatisfaction. The Greek word for "grumbling" is "γογγύζω" (gogguzō), which conveys a sense of secretive complaining or murmuring. This term is often used in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, to describe the Israelites' complaints against God during their wilderness journey (e.g., Exodus 16:7-8). Here, Jesus is drawing a parallel between the disbelief and dissatisfaction of the Israelites and the current attitude of the crowd. Historically, grumbling is seen as a lack of faith and trust in God's provision and plan. Jesus, therefore, calls for a cessation of this behavior, urging the people to trust in His divine mission and message.

among yourselves
The phrase "among yourselves" indicates that the grumbling was not just an individual act but a collective one, suggesting a communal doubt or resistance to Jesus' teachings. This communal aspect of grumbling can be seen as a reflection of human nature's tendency to seek consensus in disbelief or skepticism, rather than in faith. In the context of the Gospel of John, this highlights the challenge Jesus faced in conveying His message to a people who were often more comfortable in their shared doubts than in embracing the radical truth He presented. Theologically, this serves as a reminder of the importance of community in faith, but also the potential pitfalls when that community is not centered on Christ's teachings.

(43) He does not meet their difficulty. It does not appear, indeed, that it was expressed to Him. He seeks to silence the interruption which their murmuring among themselves has caused, and resumes the discourse broken at John 6:40.

Verses 43, 44. - Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves; or, with one another. He had searched out a deeper reason for their murmuring than their probable involuntary ignorance of certain miraculous facts. No man can come (is able to come) to me except the Father, who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. In the previous utterance "all" which the Father "gives" to the Son "comes" to him, reaches him, enters into close relationship with him. Here "no one is able" by the nature of the case "to come" except this process and method of a Divine giving is realized. The Father's "giving" to him is described in new terms, as "the drawing" by the Father who hath sent him. The word ἐλκύειν almost always implies resistless or at least successful force, in the stretching of a sail, the dragging of a net, the force applied to a prisoner, the drawing of a sword (John 18:10; John 21:6, 11; Acts 16:19; James 2:6). It is used also in Attic writers for the internal drawing of desire towards pleasure (Plato, "Phaedr.," p. 238, a; cf. Virgil, "Ecl.," 2:65, "Trahit sua quemque voluptas"). Our Lord also uses the word for his own attractive force, for the Divine magnetism of his cross, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men to me;" I will counteract all the power of the prince of this world (see John 12:32, note). This drawing of the Father to the Son by an internal operation on the heart must be interpreted by the attractive force of the love and sacrifice of the Father which is seen in Christ's being lifted up; and still further explained by his own subsequent assertion in ch. 14, "No man cometh unto the Father but by me." So that, while the whole action centres in Christ, the process begins and ends in the Father's heart. The Father loves the world; the Father would have all men come to him, have access to himself. To secure this Divine result he sends forth his Son with all the attractive force of love and death. This Divine humanity is a sufficient revelation of the perfect will and infinite love of God. The drawing of Christ to himself is nothing less than the drawing of the Father to Himself; for Christ came to do the will of him that sent him. Nor is this all, for all the "internal pressing" and revelation of need and peril, the conviction of sin and righteousness and judgment by the Comforter, is at once the Father's drawing and also the attraction of the Son, and the veritable "coming" of a soul through Christ to the Father. The Father "gives" to the Son by this double process:

(1) he manifests his own fatherly heart in Christ;

(2) he opens men's eyes to see the Father in the Son. No man can come to me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. I, says Christ, "will complete and consummate his life at my great day of coronation and triumph." The several thoughts must be taken together, and they explain one another. The coming of men to the Father, access to God himself in the glory of the resurrection life, is the sublime consummation. Christ is sent, the Only Begotten is given, he is lifted up to draw men by the revelation of the Father's heart to himself, and thus in seeing and knowing that Christ is in the Father and the Father in him, the soul is drawn by the Father to the Son - is drawn by the Son to the Father. Yet the subjective work of the Father in the mind, moving it even to see the full meaning of the Christ and to yield to his attractive force, is strongly suggested. The direct contact of God himself with each soul that seeks, finds, and comes to him through Christ is made evident. There is, as Reuss says, "la base mystique de la theologic Chretienne," rather than the announcement of a predestinating decree. Even Calvin says, "As to the kind of drawing, it is not violent, so as to compel men by external force; but still it is a powerful influence of the Holy Spirit which makes men willing who formerly were unwilling."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“Stop
Μὴ (Mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

grumbling
γογγύζετε (gongyzete)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1111: To whisper, murmur, grumble (generally of smoldering discontent). Of uncertain derivation; to grumble.

among
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

yourselves,”
ἀλλήλων (allēlōn)
Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 240: One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

replied.
Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.


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