37 (A)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. 38 For (B)I have come down from heaven, (C)not to do My own will, but (D)the will of Him who (E)sent Me. 39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of (F)everything that He has given Me I will (G)lose nothing, but will (H)raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who (I)sees the Son and (J)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will (K)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

41 (L)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that (M)came down out of heaven.” 42 And they were saying, “(N)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (O)we know? How does He now say, (P)I have come down out of heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (Q)draws him; and I will (R)raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written (S)in the Prophets: ‘(T)And they shall all be (U)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 (V)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes (W)has eternal life. 48 (X)I am the bread of life. 49 (Y)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that (Z)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and (AA)not die. 51 (AB)I am the living bread that (AC)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, (AD)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give (AE)for the life of the world also is (AF)My flesh.”

52 (AG)Then the Jews (AH)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of (AI)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will (AJ)raise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56 The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (AK)remains in Me, and I in him. 57 Just as the (AL)living Father (AM)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread that (AN)came down out of heaven, not as (AO)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread (AP)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said (AQ)in the synagogue as He taught (AR)in Capernaum.

60 So then many of His (AS)disciples, when they heard this, said, “(AT)This statement is very [a]unpleasant; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, (AU)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this [b](AV)offensive to you? 62 What then if you see (AW)the Son of Man (AX)ascending to where He was before? 63 (AY)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; (AZ)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. 64 But there are (BA)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus (BB)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and (BC)who it was who would [c]betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have (BD)told you that no one can come to Me unless (BE)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His (BF)disciples (BG)left, and would no longer walk with Him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:60 Or hard
  2. John 6:61 Or shocking
  3. John 6:64 Or hand Him over

37 All those the Father gives me(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(B) not to do my will but to do the will(C) of him who sent me.(D) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(E) but raise them up at the last day.(F) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(G) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(H) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(I) whose father and mother we know?(J) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(K)

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(L) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[a](M) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(N) only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.(O) 48 I am the bread of life.(P) 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.(Q) 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(R) which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread(S) that came down from heaven.(T) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(U)

52 Then the Jews(V) began to argue sharply among themselves,(W) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh(X) of the Son of Man(Y) and drink his blood,(Z) you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.(AA) 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.(AB) 57 Just as the living Father sent me(AC) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”(AD) 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(AE) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(AF)

61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(AG) 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(AH) ascend to where he was before!(AI) 63 The Spirit gives life;(AJ) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[b] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known(AK) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.(AL) 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.”(AM)

66 From this time many of his disciples(AN) turned back and no longer followed him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
  2. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit

18 (A)I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have (B)chosen; but this is happening (C)so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘(D)He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

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Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

18 “I am not referring to all of you;(A) I know those I have chosen.(B) But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture:(C) ‘He who shared my bread(D) has turned[a](E) against me.’[b](F)

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  1. John 13:18 Greek has lifted up his heel
  2. John 13:18 Psalm 41:9

16 (A)You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and (B)bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that (C)whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

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16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you(A) so that you might go and bear fruit(B)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.(C)

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(A)I have revealed Your name to the men whom (B)You gave Me out of the world; they were (C)Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have (D)followed Your word. Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for (E)the words which You gave Me (F)I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that (G)I came forth from You, and they believed that (H)You sent Me. (I)I ask on their behalf; (J)I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom (K)You have given Me, because (L)they are Yours; 10 and (M)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet (N)they themselves are in the world, and (O)I am coming to You. (P)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name (Q)which You have given Me, so that (R)they may be one just as We are. 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, (S)which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and (T)not one of them perished except (U)the [a]son of destruction, so that the (V)Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

13 But now (W)I am coming to You; and (X)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My (Y)joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and (Z)the world has hated them because (AA)they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from [b](AB)the evil one. 16 (AC)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (AD)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 Just as (AE)You sent Me into the world, (AF)I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I (AG)sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be (AH)sanctified (AI)in truth.

20 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, 21 that they may all be one; (AJ)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, (AK)so that the world may [c]believe that (AL)You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

22 The (AM)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 (AN)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected [d]in unity, so that the world may [e]know that (AO)You sent Me, and You (AP)loved them, just as You loved Me. 24 Father, I desire that (AQ)they also, whom You have given Me, (AR)be with Me where I am, so that they may see My (AS)glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before (AT)the foundation of the world.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:12 Heb idiom for one destined to perish
  2. John 17:15 Or evil
  3. John 17:21 Gr tense indicates continually believe
  4. John 17:23 Lit into one
  5. John 17:23 Gr tense indicates continually know

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed you[a](A) to those whom you gave me(B) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me(C) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(D) and they believed that you sent me.(E) I pray for them.(F) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(G) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(H) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(I) and I am coming to you.(J) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(K) as we are one.(L) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost(M) except the one doomed to destruction(N) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(O)

13 “I am coming to you now,(P) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(Q) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(R) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(S) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(T) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(U) 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth.(V) 18 As you sent me into the world,(W) I have sent them into the world.(X) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(Y)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(Z) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(AA) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(AB) 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me,(AC) that they may be one as we are one(AD) 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(AE) and have loved them(AF) even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me(AG) to be with me where I am,(AH) and to see my glory,(AI) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(AJ)

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:6 Greek your name
  2. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
  3. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
  4. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with