John 4:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

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  • Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
  • Prov 4:13 : 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life.
  • Song 3:4 : 4 I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.
  • Jer 14:8 : 8 O you hope of Israel, its saviour in time of trouble, why are you like one who is strange in the land, and like a traveller putting up his tent for a night?
  • Luke 8:38 : 38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,
  • Luke 10:39 : 39 And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.
  • Luke 19:5-9 : 5 And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today. 6 And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy. 7 And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner. 8 And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much. 9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she and her family had had baptism, she made a request to us, saying, If it seems to you that I am true to the Lord, come into my house and be my guests. And she made us come.
  • 2 Cor 6:1-2 : 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose. 2 (For he says, I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: see, now is the good time; now is the day of salvation):
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.

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    39Now 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.

  • John 4:41-43
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    41And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

    42And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

    43And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

  • Luke 24:28-29
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    28And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

    29But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

  • John 10:40
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    40And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.

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  • John 1:37-39
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    37Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

    38And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

    39He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

  • John 4:3-9
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    3He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

    4And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

    5So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

    6Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

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

    8For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

    9The 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.

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    52And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.

  • Luke 4:42
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    42And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

  • Judg 19:4
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    9Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.

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    22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • John 4:27-28
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    27At 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?

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

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