John 4:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

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  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • John 4:6 : 6 and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
  • Heb 3:3 : 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.

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  • John 4:5-11
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    5So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

    6and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

    7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

    8For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.

    9The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

    10Jesus 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.

    11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?

  • John 4:13-17
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    13Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

    14but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

    15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.

    16Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

    17The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

  • John 4:26-28
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    26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he] .

    27And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

    28So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,

  • John 7:37-38
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    37Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

    38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.

  • Gen 26:18-20
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    18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

    19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

    20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

  • Gen 24:43-46
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    43behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink;

    44and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son.

    45And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

    46And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

  • John 8:53
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    53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

  • Gen 24:17-20
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    17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

    18And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

    19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

    20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

  • John 4:19-20
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    19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

    20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

  • John 2:6-7
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    6Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

    7Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

  • Gen 26:32
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    32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

  • Gen 29:8
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    8And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.

  • Gen 29:2-3
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    2And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well's mouth was great.

    3And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.

  • Exod 17:3
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    3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

  • Prov 5:15
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    15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.

  • Josh 15:19
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    19And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

  • Gen 29:10
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    10And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

  • Gen 24:13-14
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    13Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water:

    14and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.

  • John 4:39
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    39And 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.

  • Num 21:16-17
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    16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

    17Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

  • Gen 21:30
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    30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

  • Judg 4:19
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    19And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.