John 5:40

Which verses does John 5:40 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. John 3:1913 votes

   And 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.

2. John 1:118 votes

   He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

3. Psalm 81:117 votes

   But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

4. John 6:377 votes

   Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

5. Isaiah 49:76 votes

   Thus 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.”

6. Isaiah 50:26 votes

   Why 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.

7. Matthew 23:376 votes

   O 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!

8. John 6:406 votes

   For 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.”

9. John 7:37–386 votes

   On 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 will flow from within him.’”

10. John 8:45–466 votes

    But 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?

11. Romans 6:236 votes
12. 1 John 5:11–136 votes

    And 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. …

13. Isaiah 53:1–34 votes

    Who 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 that we should desire Him. …

14. Matthew 22:34 votes
15. John 6:274 votes
16. John 6:68–694 votes
17. John 12:37–414 votes
18. Revelation 22:174 votes
19. John 5:442 votes

    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

20. John 11:25–262 votes

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Which verses point to John 5:40?

The 10 strongest of 35.

• John 6:45 23
• Isaiah 30:15 18
• John 6:35 14
• John 6:68 11
• Romans 6:23 11
• 2 Timothy 3:15 8
• John 20:31 7
• Colossians 3:16 7
• John 7:37 5
• Jeremiah 8:5 4