Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”
John 6:66 - Easy To Read Version After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him. American Standard Version (1901) Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Common English Bible At this, many of his disciples turned away and no longer accompanied him. Catholic Public Domain Version And so he said, "For this reason, I said to you that no one is able to come to me, unless it has been given to him by my Father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Therefore did I say to you, that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. |
Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”
But when the man heard this, he was very sad. The man was very rich \{and wanted to keep his money\}. So he left Jesus.
Jesus said, “If any person begins to plow a field, but looks back, he is not prepared for the kingdom of God.”
The followers of Jesus heard this. Many of the followers said, “This teaching is hard \{to accept\}. Who can accept this teaching?”
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.)
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 know that every person in the country of Asia {\cf2\super [10]} has left me. Even Phygelus and Hermogenes have left me.
Demas loved this world too much. That is why he left me. He went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia. And Titus went to Dalmatia.
The person who is right with me (God)\par will have life because of his faith.\par But if that person turns back \{in fear\},\par I will not be pleased with him.” {\cf2\super [142]} \par \i (Habakkuk 2:3-4)\i0 \par
Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.