Parallel Verses

Worrell New Testament

and ye are not willing to come to Me, that ye may have 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.

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.

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.

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 Ye search the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and these are they that testify concerning Me; 40  and ye are not willing to come to Me, that ye may have life. 41 I receive not glory from men.

Cross References

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her! how often did I wish to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the Light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their works were evil.

John 6:37

All that the Father giveth to Me shall come to Me; and him who comes to Me I will in no wise cast out;

Matthew 22:3

And he sent forth his servants to call those who had been invited to the marriage feast, and they were not willing to come.

John 1:11

He came to His own possessions, and those who were His own received Him not.

John 5:44

How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and the glory which is from God only ye seek not?

John 6:27

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for Him God the Father sealed."

John 6:40

For this is the will of My Father, that every one who beholds the Son, and believes on Him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 6:68-69

Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of eternal life.

John 7:37-38

Now, on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood, and cried, saying, "If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink.

John 8:45-46

And, 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 believes on Me, though he die, yet shall he live;

John 12:37-41

But, though He had done so many signs before them, they were not believing on Him;

Romans 6:23

for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus, our Lord.

1 John 5:11-13

And this is the testimony, that God gave 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 hears say, 'Come'; and let him that thirsts say, 'Come'; he that will let him take the water of life freely.

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