12 (A)Are you greater than our father Jacob? (B)He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”

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12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(A) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

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For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.

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Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(A) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

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Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, (A)wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 4:6 That is, about noon

Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

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42 (A)The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, (B)something greater than Solomon is here.

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42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came(A) from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

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53 (A)Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”

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53 Are you greater than our father Abraham?(A) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

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For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
(C)He was despised and rejected[a] by men,
    a man of sorrows[b] and acquainted with[c] grief;[d]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[e]
    he was despised, and (D)we esteemed him not.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us

He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(A)
    and like a root(B) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(C) that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(D) and familiar with pain.(E)
Like one from whom people hide(F) their faces
    he was despised,(G) and we held him in low esteem.

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