John 6:60-71

The Words of Eternal Life

60 ¹When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ²knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?

62 Then what if you were to see ³the Son of Man ⁴ascending to ⁵where he was before?

63 ⁶It is the Spirit who gives life; ⁷the flesh is no help at all. ⁸The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

64 But ⁹there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus ¹⁰knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ¹¹who it was who would betray him.)

65 And he said, "This is why I told you ¹²that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

66 ¹³After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

67 So Jesus said to ¹⁴the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?"

68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ¹⁵the words of eternal life,

69 and ¹⁶we have believed, and have come to know, that ¹⁷you are ¹⁸the Holy One of God."

70 Jesus answered them, ¹⁹"Did I not choose you, ²⁰the Twelve? And yet one of you is ²¹a devil."

71 He spoke of Judas ²²the son of Simon Iscariot, for ²³he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

Cross References

• 1. ver. 66; [ver. 64]
• 2. [John 2:24, 25]
• 3. ver. 27
• 4. See Mark 16:19
• 5. [John 17:5]; See John 3:13
• 6. [1 Corinthians 15:45; 2 Corinthians 3:6]
• 7. John 3:6
• 8. ver. 68
• 9. ver. 66
• 10. [See ver. 61 above]
• 11. ver. 71; John 13:11
• 12. ver. 44, 45; John 3:27
• 13. ver. 60, 64
• 14. ver. 70, 71
• 15. Acts 5:20; [John 12:50; John 17:8]
• 16. [John 11:27; 1 John 4:16]
• 17. See John 1:49
• 18. See Mark 1:24
• 19. See John 13:18
• 20. [See ver. 67 above]
• 21. John 13:2, 27; John 17:12
• 22. John 13:26
• 23. ver. 64, 67