John 6:60–71

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples^m said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”ⁿ

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^{o 62}Then what if you see the Son of Man^p ascend to where he was before!^{q 63}The Spirit gives life;^r the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^e and life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^s from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^{t 65}He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^u

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples^v turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.^w

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him,^x “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.^{y 69}We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^z

⁷⁰Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,^a the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”^{b 71}(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,^c who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)^d