Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"you will not come to me that you may have life.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But you are not willing to come to me to have life.
A Conservative Version
And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.
American Standard Version
and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But you do not want to come to me [i.e., to believe in me. See verse 38] so that you will have [never ending] life.
Anderson New Testament
and yet you refuse to come to me, that you may have life.
Bible in Basic English
And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
Common New Testament
Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
Daniel Mace New Testament
yet you will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Darby Translation
and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.
Godbey New Testament
and you do not wish to come unto me, in order that you may have life.
Goodspeed New Testament
yet you refuse to come to me for life.
John Wesley New Testament
Yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye wish not to come to me, that ye might have life.
King James 2000
And you will not come to me, that you might have life.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
Modern King James verseion
and you will not come to Me that you might have life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And yet will ye not come to me that ye might have life.
NET Bible
but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
New Heart English Bible
Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
Noyes New Testament
and ye are not willing to come to me, that ye may have life.
Sawyer New Testament
and you will not come to me that you may have life.
The Emphasized Bible
And yet ye choose not to come unto me, that, life, ye may have.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, you refuse to come to me to have life.
Webster
And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Weymouth New Testament
and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.
Williams New Testament
but you refuse to come to me to get possession of life.
World English Bible
Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
Worrell New Testament
and ye are not willing to come to Me, that ye may have life.
Worsley New Testament
and they testify of me: and yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
Themes
divine Call » Heal persecution of » Refused
God's Call » Examples of Leadership » Refused by men
Receiving » Who did not receive jesus Christ
Scripture » The scriptures testifying of jesus Christ
Interlinear
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Devotionals
Devotionals about John 5:40
Devotionals containing John 5:40
Word Count of 36 Translations in John 5:40
Images John 5:40
Prayers for John 5:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Testimony About The Son
39 "You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me, 40 "you will not come to me that you may have life. 41 "I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,
Cross References
Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 6:37
"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.
Matthew 22:3
"He sent out his slaves to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they did not want to come.
John 1:11
He came to his own creation, and his own folk welcomed him not.
John 5:44
"How can you believe when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?
John 6:27
"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life??hat which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father??od??as set his seal."
John 6:40
"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him up at the last day."
John 6:68-69
Simon Peter answered. "To whom shall we go Master? You have words of eternal life;
John 7:37-38
Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.
John 8:45-46
"But as for me, it is because I speak the truth to you that you do not believe me.
John 11:25-26
"I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live.
John 12:37-41
With these words Jesus went away and hid himself from them. But although he had wrought such signs in their presence, still they did not believe in him.
Romans 6:23
FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.
1 John 5:11-13
And the testimony is this, "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
Revelation 22:17
"And the Spirit and the Bride say 'Come!' And let him who hears, say 'Come!' And let him who thirsts, come; And whoever wills, let him take the Water of Life freely."