Parallel Verses

Amplified

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

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.

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 and keep on searching and examining the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and yet it is those [very Scriptures] that testify about Me; 40 and still you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 I do not receive glory and approval from men;



Cross References

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who murders the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I wanted to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

John 3:19

This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

John 6:37

All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me].

Psalm 81:11


“But My people would not listen to My voice,
And Israel did not [consent to] obey Me.

Isaiah 49:7


This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One says,
To the thoroughly despised One,
To the One hated by the nation
To the Servant of rulers,
Kings will see and arise,
Princes shall also bow down,
Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 50:2


“Why, when I came, was there no man [to greet Me]?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand really so short that it cannot redeem [My servants]?
Or have I no power to rescue?
Listen carefully, with My rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers into a desert;
Their fish stink because there is no water
And die of thirst.

Isaiah 53:1-3

Who has believed [confidently trusted in, relied on, and adhered to] our message [of salvation]?
And to whom [if not us] has the arm and infinite power of the Lord been revealed?

Matthew 22:3

And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

John 1:11

He came to that which was His own [that which belonged to Him—His world, His creation, His possession], and those who were His own [people—the Jewish nation] did not receive and welcome Him.

John 5:44

How can you believe [in Me], when you [seek and] receive glory and approval from one another, and yet you do not seek the glory and approval which comes from the one and only God?

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures [and leads] to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for God the Father has authorized Him and put His seal on Him.”

John 6:40

For this is My Father’s will and purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him [as Savior] will have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.”

John 6:68-69

Simon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You [alone] have the words of eternal life [you are our only hope].

John 7:37-38

Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!

John 8:45-46

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me [and continue in your unbelief].

John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies;

John 12:37-41

Even though He had done so many signs (attesting miracles) right before them, yet they still did not believe and failed to trust Him—

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:11-13

And the testimony is this: God has given us eternal life [we already possess it], and this life is in His Son [resulting in our spiritual completeness, and eternal companionship with Him].

Revelation 22:17

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.

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