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John 6:68–71

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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.
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From verse 68

  1. Psalms 73:25Rank 1 from verse 68
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    25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

  2. John 5:24Rank 2 from verse 68
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

  3. 1 John 5:11–13Rank 3 from verse 68
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    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

    13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

  4. Acts 4:12Rank 4 from verse 68
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    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  5. Acts 5:20Rank 5 from verse 68
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    20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

  6. John 6:63Rank 6 from verse 68
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    63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  7. Matthew 16:16Rank 7 from verse 68
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    16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  8. Acts 7:38Rank 8 from verse 68
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    38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

  9. John 6:40Rank 9 from verse 68
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    40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  10. John 5:39–40Rank 10 from verse 68
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    39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

    40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

  11. John 17:8Rank 11 from verse 68
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    8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

From verse 69

  1. John 11:27Rank 1 from verse 69
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    27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

  2. Luke 9:20Rank 2 from verse 69
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    20He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

  3. Mark 8:29Rank 3 from verse 69
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    29And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

  4. 1 John 5:1Rank 4 from verse 69
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    1WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

  5. 1 John 5:20Rank 5 from verse 69
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  6. John 1:45–49Rank 6 from verse 69
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    45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

    46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

    48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

    49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

  7. John 20:28Rank 7 from verse 69
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    28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

  8. John 1:29Rank 8 from verse 69
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    29¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  9. John 1:41Rank 9 from verse 69
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    41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

  10. John 20:31Rank 10 from verse 69
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    31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

  11. Mark 1:24Rank 11 from verse 69
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    24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  12. Matthew 16:16Rank 12 from verse 69
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    16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

  13. Romans 1:3Rank 13 from verse 69
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    3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

  14. Acts 8:36Rank 14 from verse 69
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    36And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

  15. Mark 1:1Rank 15 from verse 69
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    1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

From verse 70

  1. John 13:27Rank 1 from verse 70
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    27And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

  2. John 13:2Rank 2 from verse 70
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    2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

  3. John 17:12Rank 3 from verse 70
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    12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

  4. John 6:64Rank 4 from verse 70
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    64But 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.

  5. John 13:18Rank 5 from verse 70
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    18¶ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

  6. Revelation 3:9–10Rank 6 from verse 70
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    9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

    10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

  7. 1 John 3:8Rank 7 from verse 70
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    8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

  8. 1 Timothy 3:11Rank 8 from verse 70
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    11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  9. Acts 1:17Rank 9 from verse 70
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    17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

  10. John 13:21Rank 10 from verse 70
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    21When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

  11. John 15:16Rank 11 from verse 70
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    16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

  12. John 15:19Rank 12 from verse 70
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    19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  13. John 8:44Rank 13 from verse 70
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    44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  14. Luke 6:13–16Rank 14 from verse 70
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    13¶ And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

    14Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

    15Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes,

    16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

  15. Matthew 10:1–4Rank 15 from verse 70
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    1AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

    2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

    3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus;

    4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

  16. Titus 2:3Rank 16 from verse 70
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    3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

  17. Acts 13:10Rank 17 from verse 70
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    10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

From verse 71

  1. Matthew 26:14–16Rank 1 from verse 71
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    14¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

    15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

    16And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

  2. Acts 1:16–20Rank 2 from verse 71
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    16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

    17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

    18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

    19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

    20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

  3. Jude 1:4Rank 3 from verse 71
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  4. Psalms 41:9Rank 4 from verse 71
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    9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

  5. Acts 2:23Rank 5 from verse 71
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    23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  6. John 13:26Rank 6 from verse 71
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    26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

  7. John 18:2–6Rank 7 from verse 71
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    2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.

    3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

    4Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?

    5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

    6As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

  8. Matthew 27:3–5Rank 8 from verse 71
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    3¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

    4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

    5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  9. Psalms 109:6–8Rank 9 from verse 71
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    6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

    7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

    8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

  10. Psalms 55:13–14Rank 10 from verse 71
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    13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

    14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

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John 6:68

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answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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John 6:69

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believe

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Sense 1: To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded. Sense 2: To trust or place confidence in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

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John 6:70

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 6:71

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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betray

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To deliver a person into an enemy's hands by treachery or fraud, violating trust or confidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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6:66¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

6:67Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

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6:69And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

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6:70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

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6:71He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

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