New Revised Standard Version
Then they said to him, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

Contemporary English Version
"What exactly does God want us to do?" the people asked.

New American Bible
So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
They said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?

They said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?

What.

Deuteronomy 5:27 Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the Lord our God shall say to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and we will hear and will do them.

Jeremiah 42:3-6,20 And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do. . . .

Micah 6:7,8 May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? . . .

Matthew 19:16 And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life everlasting?

Luke 10:25 And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

Acts 2:37 Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?

Acts 9:6 And he, trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

Acts 16:30 And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?