John 4:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?

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  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him. 3 He is despised and reiected of men: he is a man full of sorowes and hath experience of infirmities: we hidde as it were our faces from him: he was despised and we esteemed him not.
  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Solomon: and beholde, a greater then Solomon is here.
  • John 4:6 : 6 And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.
  • John 8:53 : 53 Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?
  • Heb 3:3 : 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glory then Moses, inasmuch as he which hath builded the house, hath more honour then the house.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 4:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph.

    6And there was Iacobs well. Iesus then wearied in the iourney, sate thus on the well: it was about the sixt houre.

    7There came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. Iesus sayd vnto her, Giue me drinke.

    8For his disciples were gone away into the citie, to buy meate.

    9Then sayde the woman of Samaria vnto him, Howe is it, that thou being a Iewe, askest drinke of me, which am a woman of Samaria? For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritans.

    10Iesus answered and saide vnto her, If thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that saieth to thee, Giue mee drinke, thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee woulde haue giuen thee, water of life.

    11The woman saide vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that water of life?

  • John 4:13-17
    5 verses
    84%

    13Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe:

    14But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shall giue him, shall neuer be more a thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water, springing vp into euerlasting life.

    15The woman said vnto him, Syr, giue me of that water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to drawe.

    16Iesus said vnto her, Go, call thine husband, and come hither.

    17The woman answered, and saide, I haue no husband. Iesus said vnto her, Thou hast well said, I haue no husband.

  • John 4:26-28
    3 verses
    72%

    26Iesus said vnto her, I am he, that speake vnto thee.

    27And vpon that, came his disciples, and marueiled that he talked with a woman: yet no man said vnto him, What askest thou? or why talkest thou with her?

    28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the citie, and said to the men,

  • John 7:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37Nowe in the last and great day of the feast, Iesus stoode and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come vnto me, and drinke.

    38Hee that beleeueth in mee, as saith the Scripture, out of his bellie shall flowe riuers of water of life.

  • Gen 26:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.

    19Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.

    20But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him.

  • Gen 24:43-46
    4 verses
    70%

    43Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,

    44And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne.

    45And before I had made an end of speaking in mine heart, beholde, Rebekah came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water. Then I said vnto her, Giue me drinke, I pray thee.

    46And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also.

  • 53Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?

  • Gen 24:17-20
    4 verses
    69%

    17Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher.

    18And she said, Drinke sir: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand and gaue him drinke.

    19And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough.

    20And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels.

  • John 4:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The woman saide vnto him, Sir, I see that thou art a Prophet.

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

  • John 2:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6And there were set there, sixe waterpots of stone, after the maner of the purifying of the Iewes, conteining two or three firkins a piece.

    7And Iesus sayde vnto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Then they filled them vp to the brim.

  • 32And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.

  • 8But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe.

  • Gen 29:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2And as he looked about, behold there was a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheepe lay thereby (for at that well were the flockes watered) & there was a great stone vpon the welles mouth.

    3And thither were all the flockes gathered, & they rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the sheepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouth in his place.

  • 3So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?

  • 15Drinke the water of thy cisterne, and of the riuers out of the middes of thine owne well.

  • 19Then she answered, Giue me a blessing: for thou hast giuen mee the South countrey: giue me also springs of water; hee gaue her the springs aboue and the springs beneath.

  • 10And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother.

  • Gen 24:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water.

    14Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.

  • 39Nowe many of the Samaritans of that citie beleeued in him, for the saying of the woman which testified, He hath tolde me all things that euer I did.

  • Num 21:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.

    17Then Israel sang this song, Rise vp wel, sing ye vnto it.

  • 30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • 19And he said vnto her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water to drinke: for I am thirstie; shee opened a bottel of milke, and gaue him drinke, and couered him.