“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
John 5:40 - New Revised Standard Version Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life. American Standard Version (1901) and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life. Common English Bible yet you don’t want to come to me so that you can have life. Catholic Public Domain Version And you are not willing to come to me, so that you may have life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you will not come to me that you may have life. |
“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.
Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up, princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? By my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.
He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf.
How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away;
This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let everyone who hears say, “Come.” And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.