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65 So Jesus added,[a] “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”[b]

Peter’s Confession

66 After this many of his disciples quit following him[c] and did not accompany him[d] any longer. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:65 tn Grk “And he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. John 6:65 tn Grk “unless it has been permitted to him by the Father.”
  3. John 6:66 tn Grk “many of his disciples went back to what lay behind.”
  4. John 6:66 tn Grk “were not walking with him.”
  5. John 6:67 tn Questions prefaced with μή () in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here it is “do you?”).