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Jesus said this as he taught in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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Many of his followers heard this and said, "This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?"
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Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, "Does this make you want to give up?
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Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before?
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What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.
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Yet some of you do not believe." (Jesus knew from the very beginning who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him.)
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And he added, "This is the very reason I told you that no people can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for them to do so."
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Because of this, many of Jesus' followers turned back and would not go with him any more.
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So he asked the twelve disciples, "And you - would you also like to leave?"
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Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.
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And now we believe and know that you are the Holy One who has come from God."