reason” (dia touto). The reason Jesus knew in advance who would defect is because he knew from the beginning to whom God had granted the ability to come to Jesus. Verse 65 verifies this interpretation, “And he was saying, ‘For this reason (dia touto) I said to you that no one is able to come to me unless it has been given to him by the Father.’ ” In other words, the power to believe in and come to Jesus had never been dispensed to Judas and the others who deserted Jesus. The foot washing incident