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He said these things in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum.
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Many therefore of his disciples when they had heard
this said, This is a hard word; who can hear it?
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But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said unto them, Does this offend you?
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What if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
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The Spirit is he that gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken unto you,
they are Spirit and
they are life.
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But there are some of you that do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe and who should betray him.
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And he said, Therefore I said unto you that no one can come unto me unless it is given unto them of my Father.
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After this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.
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Then Jesus said unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
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Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
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And we believe and know that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.