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John 4:40-42
International Children’s Bible
John 4:40-42
International Children’s Bible
40 The Samaritans came to Jesus and begged him to stay with them. So he stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of the things he said.
42 They said to the woman, “First we believed in Jesus because of what you told us. But now we believe because we heard him ourselves. We know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
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John 4:40-42
New International Version
John 4:40-42
New International Version
40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.
42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(A)
John 4:40-42
New King James Version
John 4:40-42
New King James Version
40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own (A)word.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (B)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [a]the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
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- John 4:42 NU omits the Christ
John 4:40-42
English Standard Version
John 4:40-42
English Standard Version
40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed (A)because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, (B)and we know that this is indeed (C)the Savior (D)of the world.”
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