John 6:65

65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”

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John 6:65 in Other Translations

KJV

65 And he said,Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

ESV

65 And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

NLT

65 Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

MSG

65 He went on to say, "This is why I told you earlier that no one is capable of coming to me on his own. You get to me only as a gift from the Father."

CSB

65 He said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by the Father."

John 6:65 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:65

And he said, therefore said I unto you
Referring to ( John 6:44 ) , where the substance of what is here said, is there delivered; though the Ethiopic version reads, therefore I say unto you, what follows:

that no man can come to me, except it be given him of my Father;
which is the same, as to be drawn by the Father; for faith in Christ is the gift of God, and coming to him, is owing to efficacious grace, and is not the produce of man's power and freewill; (See Gill on John 6:44).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

John 6:65 In-Context

63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.

65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”

66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.

Cross References 1

1. ver 37,44; S Matthew 13:11