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John 4

John 4:1

WHEN THEREFORE THE LORD KNEW HOW THE PHARISEES HAD HEARD THAT JESUS MADE AND BAPTIZED MORE DISCIPLES THAN JOHN,... [ Continue Reading ]

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

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. Even at this early day the Pharisees were watching the activities of the Lord with jealous eyes. His growing popularity gave them much uneasiness. And there was a disq... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:9

THEN SAITH THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA UNTO HIM, HOW IS IT THAT THOU, BEING A JEW, ASKEST DRINK OF ME, WHICH AM A WOMAN OF SAMARIA? FOR THE JEWS HAVE NO DEALINGS WITH THE SAMARITANS.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:10

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. While Jesus was sitting there, exhausted, hungry, and thirsty, there came a Samaritan woman out of the ci... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:11

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?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:12

ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER JACOB, WHICH GAVE US THE WELL, AND DRANK THEREOF HIMSELF, AND HIS CHILDREN, AND HIS CATTLE?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:14

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:15

THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, SIR, GIVE ME THIS WATER, THAT I THIRST NOT, NEITHER COME HITHER TO DRAW. The Lord had gained His first object; He had awakened the curiosity of the woman; He could now expect to draw her out. The dignity of His speech and bearing caused her to address Him as Lord, but her a... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:18

FOR THOU HAST HAD FIVE HUSBANDS, AND HE WHOM THOU NOW HAST IS NOT THY HUSBAND; IN THAT SAIDST THOU TRULY. Jesus, throughout the conversation, showed the true missionary's skill. He had properly prepared the woman's mind to listen to Him as to one that might have a message worth listening to, and not... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:20

OUR FATHERS WORSHIPED IN THIS MOUNTAIN; AND YE SAY THAT IN JERUSALEM IS THE PLACE WHERE MEN OUGHT TO WORSHIP.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:21

JESUS SAITH UNTO HER, WOMAN, BELIEVE ME, THE HOUR COMETH WHEN YE SHALL NEITHER IN THIS MOUNTAIN NOR YET AT JERUSALEM WORSHIP THE FATHER.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:23

BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS SHALL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH; FOR THE FATHER SEEKETH SUCH TO WORSHIP HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:24

GOD IS A SPIRIT; AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. The revelation which Jesus had just made astonished and disconcerted the woman. She had probably never given the matter of her loose living a serious thought, since the marriage-tie at that time was considered anythi... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:25

THE WOMAN SAITH UNTO HIM, I KNOW THAT MESSIAS COMETH, WHICH IS CALLED CHRIST; WHEN HE IS COME, HE WILL TELL US ALL THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:27

AND UPON THIS CAME HIS DISCIPLES, AND MARVELED THAT HE TALKED WITH THE WOMAN; YET NO MAN SAID, WHAT SEEKEST THOU? OR, WHY TALKEST THOU WITH HER?... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:30

THEN THEY WENT OUT OF THE CITY AND CAME UNTO HIM. The woman had listened to Jesus with increasing understanding, not unmixed, however, with some measure of bewilderment over the depth of wisdom which lay in the words of Jesus. But the drift of the Lord's speech seemed to be that the time of Messiani... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:35

SAY NOT YE, THERE ARE YET FOUR MONTHS, AND THEN COMETH HARVEST? BEHOLD, I SAY UNTO YOU, LIFT UP YOUR EYES, AND LOOK ON THE FIELDS; FOR THEY ARE WHITE ALREADY TO HARVEST.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:36

AND HE THAT REAPETH RECEIVETH WAGES AND GATHERETH FRUIT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL, THAT BOTH HE THAT SOWETH AND HE THAT REAPETH MAY REJOICE TOGETHER.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:38

I SENT YOU TO REAP THAT WHEREON YE BESTOWED NO LABOR; OTHER MEN LABORED, AND YE ARE ENTERED INTO THEIR LABORS. In the meantime, between the woman's leaving the well and the men's coming from the city, a little incident took place at the well which gave Jesus an opportunity to impart to His disciples... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:39

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:40

SO WHEN THE SAMARITANS WERE COME UNTO HIM, THEY BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD TARRY WITH THEM; AND HE ABODE THERE TWO DAYS.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:42

AND SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, NOW WE BELIEVE, NOT BECAUSE OF THY SAYING; FOR WE HAVE HEARD HIM OURSELVES, AND KNOW THAT THIS IS INDEED THE CHRIST, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. The woman did her missionary work well. She spoke with such earnestness and conviction that she persuaded many of the people of the c... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:45

THEN, WHEN HE WAS COME INTO GALILEE, THE GALILEANS RECEIVED HIM, HAVING SEEN ALL THE THINGS THAT HE DID AT JERUSALEM AT THE FEAST; FOR THEY ALSO WENT UNTO THE FEAST. Jesus was constrained by the earnest prayers of the Samaritans to spend two days in their midst. But after that He continued His inter... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:46

SO JESUS CAME AGAIN INTO CANA OF GALILEE, WHERE HE MADE THE WATER WINE. AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN, WHOSE SON WAS SICK AT CAPERNAUM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:47

WHEN HE BEARD THAT JESUS WAS COME OUT OF JUDEA INTO GALILEE, HE WENT UNTO HIM, AND BESOUGHT HIM THAT HE WOULD COME DOWN AND HEAL HIS SON; FOR HE WAS AT THE POINT OF DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:50

JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY; THY SON LIVETH. AND THE MAN BELIEVED THE WORD THAT JESUS HAD SPOKEN UNTO HIM, AND HE WENT HIS WAY. The first stopping-place of Jesus in Galilee was Cana, where He had performed His first miracle, now almost a year ago. Undoubtedly, the young married couple whose wed... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:52

THEN ENQUIRED HE OF THEM THE HOUR WHEN HE BEGAN TO AMEND. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, YESTERDAY AT THE SEVENTH HOUR THE FEVER LEFT HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:53

SO THE FATHER KNEW THAT IT WAS AT THE SAME HOUR IN THE WHICH JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THY SON LIVETH; AND HIMSELF BELIEVED AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]

John 4:54

THIS IS AGAIN THE SECOND MIRACLE THAT JESUS DID WHEN HE WAS COME OUT OF JUDEA INTO GALILEE. The officer did not reach home that evening any more. But early the next morning he was met by some of his servants with the joyful news that his son was alive and doing well. It is a fine testimony for this... [ Continue Reading ]

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