John 4:7

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

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  • Gen 24:43 : 43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
  • 2 Sam 23:15-17 : 15 And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town! 16 And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord. 17 And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
  • 1 Kgs 17:10 : 10 So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
  • John 4:10 : 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.
  • John 19:28 : 28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.

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  • John 4:8-19
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    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.

    10In 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.

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

    12Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

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

    14But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

    15The 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.

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

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

    18You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

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

  • John 4:4-6
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    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.

  • John 4:25-30
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    25The 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.

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

    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,

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

    30So they went out of the town and came to him.

  • John 7:37-38
    2 verses
    78%

    37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

    38He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

  • John 4:39-40
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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.

    40So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

  • Gen 24:43-46
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    43Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

    44Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

    45And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

    46And straight away she took down her vessel from her arm, and said, Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels.

  • Gen 24:17-20
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    76%

    17And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

    18And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

    19And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.

    20And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.

  • John 2:3-4
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    3When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.

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

  • John 2:6-8
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    6Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

    7Jesus said to the servants, Make the pots full of water. And they made them full to the top.

    8Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.

  • Judg 4:19
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    19Then he said to her, Give me now a little water, for I have need of a drink. And opening a skin of milk, she gave him drink, and put the cover over him again.

  • John 4:21
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    21Jesus 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.

  • Gen 24:13-14
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    13See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

    14Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

  • Luke 7:44
    71%

    44And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.

  • Mark 14:13
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    13And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, Go into the town, and there will come to you a man with a vessel of water: go after him;

  • John 4:42
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:10
    70%

    10So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

  • John 4:46
    70%

    46So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

  • John 3:22
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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.

  • Luke 22:10
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    10And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.

  • John 19:28
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    28After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water.