John 6:60-71

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Many Disciples Desert Jesus

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

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^(C) ⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man^(D) ascend to where he was before!^(E) ⁶³The Spirit gives life;^(F) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[a] and life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^(G) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^(H) ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^(I)

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

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

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

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

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John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit

Psalm 90

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BOOK IV

Psalms 90–106

Psalm 90

A prayer of Moses the man of God.

¹Lord, you have been our dwelling place^(A)
    throughout all generations.
²Before the mountains were born^(B)
    or you brought forth the whole world,
    from everlasting to everlasting^(C) you are God.^(D)

³You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”^(E)
⁴A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.^(F)
⁵Yet you sweep people away^(G) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
⁶In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(H)

⁷We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
⁸You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins^(I) in the light of your presence.^(J)
⁹All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.^(K)
¹⁰Our days may come to seventy years,^(L)
    or eighty,^(M) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,^(N)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.^(O)
¹¹If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath^(P) is as great as the fear that is your due.^(Q)
¹²Teach us to number our days,^(R)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.^(S)

¹³Relent, Lord! How long^(T) will it be?
    Have compassion on your servants.^(U)
¹⁴Satisfy^(V) us in the morning with your unfailing love,^(W)
    that we may sing for joy^(X) and be glad all our days.^(Y)
¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
    for as many years as we have seen trouble.
¹⁶May your deeds be shown to your servants,
    your splendor to their children.^(Z)