The Hard Saying and Division

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On hearing it, many of his talmidim said, “This is a hard word — who can bear to listen to it?”

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But Yeshua, aware that his talmidim were grumbling about this, said to them, “This is a trap for you?

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Suppose you were to see the Son of Man going back up to where he was before?

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It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life,

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yet some among you do not trust.” (For Yeshua knew from the outset which ones would not trust him, also which one would betray him.)

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“This,” he said, “is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has made it possible for him.”

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From this time on, many of his talmidim turned back and no longer traveled around with him.