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John 4:39

FaithWitness and mission

37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41 And many more believed because of His message.

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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
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
KJV
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
WEB
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”
ASV
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that [ever] I did.
DARBY
But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.
BLB
And out of that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman testifying, “He told me all things that I did.”
ÅB
Men mange av samaritanene fra den by trodde på ham for kvinnens ords skyld, da hun vitnet: Han har sagt meg alt jeg har gjort.
OTB
Mange av samaritanerne fra den byen kom til tro på ham på grunn av kvinnens vitnesbyrd: «Han har fortalt meg alt jeg har gjort.»
B1930
Men mange av samaritanene fra den by trodde på ham for kvinnens ords skyld, da hun vidnet: Han har sagt mig alt jeg har gjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 4:29

    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

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  • John 4:5

    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

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  • John 10:41–42

    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”

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  • John 11:45

    Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.

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  • John 4:42

    They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

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