⁶¹ Knowing that his ·followers [disciples] were ·complaining [grumbling] about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this teaching ·bother [offend] you? ⁶² Then ·will it also bother you to [^Lwhat if you] see the Son of Man ·going back [^Lgoing up; ascending] to the place ·where he came from [^Lwhere he was before; ^Cheaven]? ⁶³ It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh ·doesn’t give life [^Lis useless; counts for nothing]. The words I told you ·are spirit, and they give life [or are from the Spirit who gives life].