John 6:65

And He said, “Because of this I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

English Majority Text (NT)

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 were the ones who did not believe, and who was the one who would betray Him).

66From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

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Cross References

John 6:37All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

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

John 12:37But even though He had done so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him,

Philippians 1:29For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

2 Timothy 2:25in meekness instructing those that oppose, if God perhaps may give them repentance, to a full knowledge of the truth,

Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Do Not Grow Weary

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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