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60 On hearing it, many of His disciples (pupils) said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it? 61 Aware that His disciples (pupils) were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus (YHWH saves) asked them, “Does this offend you⁺? 62 Then what will happen if you⁺ see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before? 63 The Spirit {pneuma} gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words {rhēmata} I have spoken to you⁺ are spirit and they are life. 64 However, there are some of you⁺ who do not believe. (For Jesus (YHWH saves) had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.) 65 Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you⁺ that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him. 66 From that time on many of His disciples (pupils) turned back and no longer walked with Him. 67 So Jesus (YHWH saves) asked the Twelve, “Do you⁺ want to leave too? 68 Simon (hearing) Peter (rock) replied, “Lord {Kyrie}, to whom would we go? You have the words {rhēmata} of eternal life. 69 We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God [You are the Christ, the Son of the living God]. 70 Jesus (YHWH saves) answered them, “Have I not chosen you⁺, the Twelve? Yet one of you⁺ is a devil {diabolos}! 71 He was speaking about Judas (praise), the son of Simon (hearing) Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus. John 6:60-71, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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