John 6:60-66

New Century Version

The Words of Eternal Life

⁶⁰ When the followers of Jesus heard this, many of them said, “This teaching is hard. Who can accept it?”

⁶¹ Knowing that his followers were complaining about this, Jesus said, “Does this teaching bother you? ⁶² Then will it also bother you to see the Son of Man going back to the place where he came from? ⁶³ It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh doesn’t give life. The words I told you are spirit, and they give life. ⁶⁴ But some of you don’t believe.” (Jesus knew from the beginning who did not believe and who would turn against him.) ⁶⁵ Jesus said, “That is the reason I said, ‘If the Father does not bring a person to me, that one cannot come.’”

⁶⁶ After Jesus said this, many of his followers left him and stopped following him.