The Words of Eternal Life

⁶⁰tWhen many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹But Jesus, vknowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶²Then what if you were to see wthe Son of Man xascending to ywhere he was before? ⁶³zIt is the Spirit who gives life; athe flesh is no help at all. bThe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴But cthere are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus vknew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and dwho it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵And he said, “This is why I told you ethat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

⁶⁶fAfter this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to gthe twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have hthe words of eternal life, ⁶⁹and iwe have believed, and have come to know, that jyou are kthe Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, l“Did I not choose you, gthe twelve? And yet one of you is ma devil.” ⁷¹He spoke of Judas nthe son of Simon Iscariot, for ohe, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

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