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John 4:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” "
John 4:7
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5 So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
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John 4:1
"Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John"
John 4:2
"(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),"
John 4:3
"he left Judea and departed into Galilee."
John 4:4
"He needed to pass through Samaria."
John 4:5
"So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph."
John 4:6
"Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour."
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