John 6:65

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no one can come to me unless it be given to him from the Father.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

In Context

64But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would deliver him up.

66From that [time] many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.

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Cross References

John 6:37All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that comes to me I will not at all cast out.

John 10:16And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

John 12:37But though he had done so many signs before them, they believed not on him,

Philippians 1:29because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,

2 Timothy 2:25in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of [the] truth,

Hebrews 12:2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Matthew Henry on John 6:61-71

Christ's Discourse with His Disciples; The Effect of Christ's Discourse; The Character of Judas. 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.… Read the whole commentary →

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