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The Witness of Scripture

John 5:40

In 9 translations

BSB
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
KJV
And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
WEB
Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
ASV
and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
LSV
and you do not will to come to Me, that you may have life;
YLT
and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;
DBY
and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.
DRC
And you will not come to me that you may have life.
GNV
But ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.
RP2018
καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.
TR-Boyd
καὶ οὐ θέλετε ἐλθεῖν πρός με, ἵνα ζωὴν ἔχητε.
SCR1894
και ου θελετε ελθειν προς με ινα ζωην εχητε

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  • John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
  • John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  • Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
  • 1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you who…
  • John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a…
  • John 7:37–38On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water…
  • Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  • John 8:45–46But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
  • Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who…
  • Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Isaiah 53:1–3Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty…
  • John 6:68–69Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”
  • Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
  • John 12:37–41Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the…

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