Came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. As they did not see the Lord longer on the eastern shore, they sought him at the place where he made his home. Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles. The Savior reveals to them the true motives which induced them to seek him. Thus do all who seek in religion secular advantages and follow Christ for the sake of secular preferments.
People are more clamorous for earthly bread, than anxious concerning food for their souls.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth. The Savior does not prohibit laboring for food, but making the acquisition of food and worldly things the leading object of life. Him hath God the Father sealed. Sealing is the mark of approval, of authority. A legal document must bear the seal of the State to give it force.