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The Book of John, Chapter 5, Verse 39

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38
‹And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.›
King James Version
‹Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.›
American Standard Version
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;
New English Translation
So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.
World English Bible
"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about 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.›
43
‹I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.›
44
‹How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that› [cometh] ‹from God only?›
45
‹Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is› [one] ‹that accuseth you,› [even] ‹Moses, in whom ye trust.›
46
‹For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.›
47
‹But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?›
1
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea of] Tiberias.
2
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.