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John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:39 · King James Version
John 5:39 in other translations
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
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In context
36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
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