John 6:60-7:13

English Standard Version

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (A)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(B)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(C)the Son of Man ^(D)ascending to ^(E)where he was before? ^63 (F)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(G)the flesh is no help at all. ^(H)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(I)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(J)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(K)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(L)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (M)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(N)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(O)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(P)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(Q)you are ^(R)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(S)“Did I not choose you, ^(T)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(U)a devil.” ⁷¹ He spoke of Judas ^(V)the son of Simon Iscariot, for ^(W)he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ^(X)the Jews^[a] were seeking to kill him. ² Now ^(Y)the Jews' Feast of ^(Z)Booths was at hand. ^3 (AA)So his brothers^[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ⁴ For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^(AB)show yourself to the world.” ^5 (AC)For not even ^(AD)his brothers believed in him. ⁶ Jesus said to them, ^(AE)“My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but ^(AF)it hates me because I testify about it that ^(AG)its works are evil. ⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not^[c] going up to this feast, for ^(AH)my time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

¹⁰ But after ^(AI)his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. ^11 (AJ)The Jews ^(AK)were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” ¹² And there was much ^(AL)muttering about him among the people. ^(AM)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, ^(AN)he is leading the people astray.” ¹³ Yet ^(AO)for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.