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John 4:4-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
John 4:4-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 He had to travel through Samaria,(A) 5 so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property[a] that Jacob(B) had given his son Joseph.(C) 6 Jacob’s well(D) was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.[b]
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water.(E)
“Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her, 8 for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.
9 “How is it that You, a Jew,(F) ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan(G) woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with[c] Samaritans.[d]
10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God,(H) and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”(I)
11 “Sir,”(J) said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’? 12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob,(K) are You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”
13 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever!(L) In fact, the water I will give him will become a well[e](M) of water springing up within him for eternal life.”(N)
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John 4:4-14
New International Version
John 4:4-14
New International Version
4 Now he had to go through Samaria.(A) 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(B) 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(C) 8 (His disciples had gone into the town(D) to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(E) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(F)
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(G) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(H) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(I) welling up to eternal life.”(J)
Footnotes
- John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
John 4:4-14
King James Version
John 4:4-14
King James Version
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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