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? ”
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But Jesus,
2knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this?
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Then what if you were to see
3the Son of Man
4ascending to
5where he was before?
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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.
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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. )
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And he said, “This is why I told you
12that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father. ”
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13After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
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So Jesus said to
14the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well? ”
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Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have
15the words of eternal life,
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and
16we have believed, and have come to know, that
17you are
18the Holy One of God. ”
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Jesus answered them,
19“Did I not choose you,
20the Twelve? And yet one of you is
21a devil. ”
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He spoke of Judas
22the son of Simon Iscariot, for
23he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.