KJV King James Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
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John 4:7
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
WEB World English Bible
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
ASV American Standard Version
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, ‘Give me to drink;’
Surrounding context — John 4
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
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ἜρχεταιG2064 · erchomaito come/goγυνὴG1135 · gunēwomanἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoΣαμαρείαςG4540 · SamareiaSamariaἀντλῆσαιG501 · antleōto drawὕδωρ.G5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterλέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῇG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦς·G2424 · IēsousJesusδόςG1325 · didōmito giveμοιG3165 · memeπεῖν.G4095 · pinōto drink
Cross-references
Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.1 Kings 17:10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.John 19:28After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.2 Samuel 23:15-17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!Genesis 24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw [water], and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
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