John 6:66

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁵ So he said, "That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father." ⁶⁶ As a result, many of his disciples turned back and no longer associated with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus asked the Twelve, "You don't want to leave, too, do you?"

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John 6:60

When many of his disciples heard this, they said, "This is a difficult statement. Who can accept it?"

Zephaniah 1:6

those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."

Matthew 12:40-45

because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Matthew 13:20-21

As for what was sown on the stony ground, this is the person who hears the word and accepts it joyfully at once,

Matthew 19:22

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Matthew 21:8-11

Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

Matthew 27:20-25

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

Luke 9:62

Jesus told him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

John 6:64

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

John 8:31

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

2 Timothy 4:10

because Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

Hebrews 10:38

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

1 John 2:19

They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.