John 5:40

New English Translation

but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

Cross References

Psalm 81:11

But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

Isaiah 49:7

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: “Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 50:2

Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Matthew 22:3

He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come.

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

John 1:11

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

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

John 3:19

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

John 5:39

You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

John 5:41

“I do not accept praise from people,

John 5:44

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

John 6:37

Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Romans 6:23

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

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say: “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge.