John 6:60–71

⁶⁰Thus many of his disciples, when they^* heard it,^* said, “This saying is hard! Who can understand it?” ⁶¹But Jesus, because he^* knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this cause you to be offended? ⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before? ⁶³The Spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. ⁶⁴But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵And he said, “Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father.”

Peter’s Confession

⁶⁶For this reason many of his disciples drew back^l and were not walking with him any longer. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”^{* 68}Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰Jesus replied to them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is the devil?” ⁷¹(Now he was speaking about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, because this one—one of the twelve—was going to betray him.)