John 4:14
But 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.
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13Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:
Cross References
Isaiah 49:10They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
John 6:35And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.
John 7:38He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
John 11:26And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
John 17:2Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.
Romans 6:23For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Matthew Henry on John 4:5-27
Christ at the Well of Samaria. 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… Read the whole commentary →