The Book of John, Chapter 6, Verse 66

‹He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.›

‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›

‹This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.›

These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, ‹Doth this offend you?›

[What] ‹and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?›

‹It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,› [they] ‹are spirit, and› [they] ‹are life.›

‹But there are some of you that believe not.› For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

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

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

New English Translation

So Jesus replied,“My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!

World English Bible

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Then said Jesus unto the twelve, ‹Will ye also go away?›

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

Jesus answered them, ‹Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?›

He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

For neither did his brethren believe in him.