Before Abraham Was, I Am

⁴⁸ The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and ^(A)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but ^(B)I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ Yet ^(C)I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹ Truly, truly, ^(D)I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(E)see death.” ⁵² The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! ^(F)Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ^(G)you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never ^(H)taste death.’

^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.” ¹³ Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴ but ^(C)whoever drinks of the water that I will give him ^(D)will never be thirsty again.^[a] The water that I will give him will become ^(E)in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” ¹⁵ The woman said to him, “Sir, ^(F)give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”