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John 4:11

9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
KJV
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?
WEB
The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
ASV
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?
DARBY
The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?
BLB
The woman says to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; from where, then, do You have the living water?
ÅB
Kvinnen sier til ham: Herre! du har jo ikke noe å dra opp vann med, og brønnen er dyp; hvor har du da det levende vann fra?
OTB
Kvinnen sa til ham: «Herre, du har ingenting å dra opp med, og brønnen er dyp. Hvor kan du da få dette levende vannet fra?
B1930
Kvinnen sier til ham: Herre! du har jo ikke noget å dra op vann med, og brønnen er dyp; hvor har du da det levende vann fra?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • John 3:4

    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

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