John 4:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 9:13 : 13 But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.
  • John 4:5 : 5 So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
  • John 4:39 : 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.
  • John 6:5-7 : 5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people? 6 This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do. 7 Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

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    2 (Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

    3 He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

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

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

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

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

  • John 4:25-34
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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?

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

    31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

    32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

    34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

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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.

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    13 And 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;

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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.

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