John 6:60

In 9 translations

BSB

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

KJV

Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

WEB

Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”

ASV

Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

LSV

many, therefore, of His disciples having heard, said, “This word is hard; who is able to hear it?”

YLT

many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, 'This word is hard; who is able to hear it?'

DBY

Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?

DRC6:61

Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard, and who can hear it?

GNV

Many therefore of his disciples (when they heard this) sayde, This is an hard saying: who can heare it?

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπαν· Σκληρός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;

RP2018

Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπον, Σκληρός ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;

TR-Boyd

Πολλοὶ οὖν ἀκούσαντες ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ εἶπον, Σκληρός ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ λόγος· τίς δύναται αὐτοῦ ἀκούειν;

SCR1894

πολλοι ουν ακουσαντες εκ των μαθητων αυτου ειπον σκληρος εστιν ουτος ο λογος τις δυναται αυτου ακουειν

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Cross-references most cited first

• John 6:66From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.
• John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
• John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• Matthew 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
• John 6:41–42At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He…
• 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their…
• Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

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