John 6:58-68

58 "This is the bread which ¹came down out of heaven; not as ²the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ³will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ⁴in the synagogue as He taught ⁵in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ⁶disciples, when they heard this said, "⁷This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ⁸conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ⁹cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ¹⁰the Son of Man ¹¹ascending to where He was before?

63 "¹²It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ¹³the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ¹⁴some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ¹⁵knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ¹⁶who it was that would betray Him.

65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have ¹⁷said to you, that no one can come to Me unless * ¹⁸it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His ¹⁹disciples ²⁰withdrew * and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to ²¹the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

68 ²²Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ²³words of eternal life.

Cross References

• 1. John 6:33, 41, 51
• 2. John 6:31, 49
• 3. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26
• 4. Matthew 4:23
• 5. John 6:24
• 6. John 2:2; John 6:66; John 7:3
• 7. John 6:52
• 8. John 6:64
• 9. Matthew 11:6
• 10. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 53
• 11. Mark 16:19; John 3:13
• 12. 2 Corinthians 3:6
• 13. John 6:68
• 14. John 6:60, 66
• 15. John 2:25
• 16. Matthew 10:4; John 6:71; John 13:11
• 17. John 6:37, 44
• 18. Matthew 13:11; John 3:27
• 19. John 2:2; John 7:3
• 20. John 6:60, 64
• 21. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24
• 22. Matthew 16:16
• 23. John 6:63; John 12:49; John 17:8

Footnotes

• [a] Or "hand Him over"