John 6:60 - Easy To Read Version The followers of Jesus heard this. Many of the followers said, “This teaching is hard \{to accept\}. Who can accept this teaching?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?] American Standard Version (1901) Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? Common English Bible Many of his disciples who heard this said, “This message is harsh. Who can hear it?” Catholic Public Domain Version He said these things when he was teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum. |
I tell you the truth. An \{important\} time is coming. That time is already here. People that are dead \{in sin\} will hear the voice of the Son of God. And the people that \{accept the things they\} hear \{from the Son\} will have life \{forever\}.
Then the Jews began to argue among themselves. They said, “How can this man give us his body to eat?”
But some of you don’t believe.” (Jesus knew the people that did not believe. Jesus knew this from the beginning. And Jesus knew the person that would turn against him.)
After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus.
So Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to \{the festival in\} Judea. Then your followers there can see the miracles {\cf2\super [101]} you do.
So Jesus said to the Jews that believed in him, “If you continue to obey my teaching, then you are truly my followers.
You don’t understand these things I say. Why? Because you cannot accept my teaching.
Paul writes like this about these things in all his letters. Sometimes there are things in Paul’s letters that are hard to understand. Some people explain those things falsely. Those people are ignorant and weak in faith. Those same people also falsely explain the other Scriptures. {\cf2\super [15]} But they are destroying themselves by doing that.