John 5:40

New American Bible - revised edition

But you do not want to come to me to have life. Unbelief of Jesus’ Hearers.

Cross References

Psalm 81:11

‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth that I may fill it.’

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the Lord, the redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, To the one despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers: When kings see you, they shall stand up, and princes shall bow down Because of the Lord who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to ransom? Have I not the strength to deliver? See, with my rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into wilderness; Their fish rot for lack of water, and die of thirst.

Matthew 22:3

He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were unwilling!

John 1:11

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him.

John 10:10

A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.

John 3:19

And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.

John 5:39

You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.

John 5:41

“I do not accept human praise;

John 5:44

How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”

John 6:37

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him [on] the last day.”

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let the hearer say, “Come.” Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water.