40. οὐ θέλετε. Ye are not willing to come to Me. This is at the root of their failure to read Scripture aright; their hearts are estranged. They have no will to find the truth, and without that no intellectual searching will avail. Here again man’s will is shewn to be free; the truth is not forced upon him; he can reject if he likes: Joh 3:19, Joh 7:17, Joh 8:44.