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67 So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”[a](A) 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”(B) 71 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot,[b] for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.69 Other ancient authorities read the Christ, the Son of the living God
  2. 6.71 Other ancient authorities read Judas Iscariot son of Simon or Judas son of Simon from Karyot (Kerioth)

67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.(A)

68 Simon Peter answered him,(B) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(C) 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(D)

70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(E) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(F) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(G) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(H)

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