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John 4:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? "
John 4:12
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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.
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?
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
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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John 4:1
"When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,"
John 4:2
"(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)"
John 4:3
"He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee."
John 4:4
"And he must needs go through Samaria."
John 4:5
"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."
John 4:6
"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."
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