John 4:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.
  • Gen 34:7-8 : 7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done. 8 But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?
  • Gen 34:31 : 31 But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
  • Num 5:29 : 29 This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;
  • Ruth 4:10 : 10 And, further, I have taken Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of Mahlon, to be my wife, to keep the name of the dead man living in his heritage, so that his name may not be cut off from among his countrymen, and from the memory of his town: you are witnesses this day.
  • Jer 3:20 : 20 Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 16:32 : 32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!
  • Mark 10:12 : 12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.
  • Rom 7:3 : 3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband 11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

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    15 The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

    16 Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

    17 In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

  • John 4:19
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    19 The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

  • John 4:25-29
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    25 The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

    26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

    27 At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

    28 Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

    29 Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

  • John 4:9-11
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    9 The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

    10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

    11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

  • John 8:10-11
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    10 Then Jesus got up, and seeing nobody but the woman, he said to her, Where are the men who said things against you? did no one give a decision against you?

    11 And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said, And I do not give a decision against you: go, and never do wrong again.]

  • Matt 22:28
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    28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

  • John 4:7
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    7 A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

  • Matt 14:4
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    4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

  • John 4:39
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    39 Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

  • Luke 20:33-34
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    33 When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

    34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

  • John 8:4-5
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    4 And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

    5 Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

    32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

  • Mark 12:23
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    23 In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

    28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

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    4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

    5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

    6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

    7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

    8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

    9 And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

    10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

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    13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • Mark 6:18
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    18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

  • Num 5:20
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    20 But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • Luke 7:48
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    48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Luke 16:18
    67%

    18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

  • 1 Cor 7:4
    67%

    4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
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    16 Or do you not see that he who is joined to a loose woman is one body with her? for God has said, The two of them will become one flesh.

  • John 2:4
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    4 Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.

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    21 Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

  • John 8:7
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    7 But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.

  • Jer 3:1
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    1 They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.