37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they (A)followed Jesus.

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37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

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17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message,(A) and the message is heard through the word about Christ.(B)

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Philip and Nathanael

43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found (A)Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.”

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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(A) he said to him, “Follow me.”(B)

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17 And the Spirit and (A)the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” (B)And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

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17 The Spirit(A) and the bride(B) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.(C)

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21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
(A)“Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts.
I myself will go also.”

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21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’

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The Savior of the World

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him (A)because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 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 (B)word.

42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (C)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [a]the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

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  1. John 4:42 NU omits the Christ

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(A) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(B) 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.”(C)

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29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but (B)what is good for necessary [a]edification, (C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.

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  1. Ephesians 4:29 building up

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,(A) but only what is helpful for building others up(B) according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

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23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And (A)a word spoken [a]in due season, how good it is!

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  1. Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time

23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(A)
    and how good is a timely word!(B)

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