John 5:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.”
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“yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 5:40 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey 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 is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
- 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 desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Matthew 22:3He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
- 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 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
- 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 5:44How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- 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.”
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 7:37On 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.
- John 8:45But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 12:37Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- 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.
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