John 4:12

You aren't greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”

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In The King James Version

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

In Context

11The woman says to Him: “Sir, you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep; so where do you get this living water?

13Jesus answered and said to her: “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

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Cross References

John 4:6Now Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, being worn out from the journey, sat as He was by the well. It was about 6 p.m.

Hebrews 3:3For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than was Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself

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 →

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