Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
and ye are not willing to come to me, that ye 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.
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.
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 Ye search the Scriptures, because ye yourselves think that in them ye have everlasting life; and it is they which testify of me; 40 and ye are not willing to come to me, that ye may have life. 41 I receive not honor from men;
Names
Cross References
Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.
John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out;
Matthew 22:3
and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.
John 1:11
He came to his own, and his own received him not.
John 5:44
How can ye believe while ye receive honor from one another, and seek not the honor that is from him who alone is God?
John 6:27
Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.
John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 6:68-69
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of everlasting life;
John 7:37-38
On the last day, which is the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
John 8:45-46
But because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he have died, will live;
John 12:37-41
But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not believe in him;
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life, through Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 5:11-13
And this is the witness, that God gave to us everlasting life, and this life is in his Son.
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him that heareth say, Come! And let him that thirsteth come! Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.