Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

King James Version

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

Holman Bible

And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.

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

and still you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have 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.

Montgomery New Testament

"you will not come to me that you may 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ye will
θέλω ἐθέλω 
thelo 
will/would, will/would have, desire, desirous, list, to will,
Usage: 136

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

to
πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

me
μέ 
me 
me, I, my, not tr
Usage: 122

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

ye might have
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 5:40

Devotionals containing John 5:40

Images John 5:40

Prayers for John 5:40

Context Readings

Further Testimony About The Son

39 You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me. 40 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. 41 "I do not accept honor from mankind,

Cross References

Matthew 23:37

"O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you people] who murdered the prophets and stoned those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather you people together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

John 3:19

Now this is [how God's] judgment [works]: The Light [See 1:5-9] has come into the world, but people loved darkness [i.e., sin] rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.

John 6:37

Every person [Note: The Greek says, "every thing"] whom the Father gives me will [eventually] come to me [i.e., for salvation]; and I will never turn away that person who comes to me.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his servants out to call those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

John 1:11

[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.

John 5:44

How can you believe [in me] when you [offer and] accept honors from one another, but do not try to obtain the honor that comes from the only God?

John 6:27

Do not work for the [kind of] food that spoils, but for the kind that lasts until never ending life. The Son of man will give you this [kind of food], for God the Father has placed His seal [of approval] on Him."

John 6:40

And this is what [else] my Father wants: That every person who sees the Son [i.e., with the eye of faith] and believes in Him should have never ending life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day."

John 6:68-69

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, who [else] could we go to? You have the message about never ending life.

John 7:37-38

Now on the last and greatest day of the Festival [of Tabernacles], Jesus stood up and spoke out, "If anyone is thirsty he should come to me for a drink.

John 8:45-46

But because I tell [you] the truth, you do not believe me.

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; the person who believes in me will live on, even though he dies [physically].

John 12:37-41

But [even] though Jesus had performed so many [miraculous] signs in front of the people, still they did not believe in Him.

Romans 6:23

For the wages for sinning is [spiritual] death, but God's free gift is never ending life in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony [of God]: He gave to us [the hope of] never ending life, and this life is [available through fellowship] in His Son.

Revelation 22:17

And the Holy Spirit and the bride [i.e., the church. See 21:9] say, "Come!" And the person who hears [this] should say "Come." And the person who is [spiritually] thirsty should come; [and] whoever wants to should come and drink the water of life without having to pay for it.

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