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These things he said 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 saying; who can hear it?
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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Doth 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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It is the spirit that reviveth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak to you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.
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But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who he was that would betray him.
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And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.
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From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
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Then said Jesus to 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 are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.