Parallel Verses
Webster
And ye will not 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.
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.
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
Prayers for John 5:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Testimony About The Son
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. 41 I receive not honor from men.
Cross References
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them who are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
John 3:19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 6:37
All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me; and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise reject.
Psalm 81:11
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.
Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Isaiah 50:2
Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish becometh putrid, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah 53:1-3
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Matthew 22:3
And sent his servants to call them that were invited to the wedding: 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, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?
John 6:27
Labor not for the food which perisheth, but for that food which endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
John 6:40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:68-69
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 7:37-38
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
John 8:45-46
And because I tell you 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 were dead, yet shall he live:
John 12:37-41
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 5:11-13
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal 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 is thirsty, come: And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.