John 4:15
‘Give me this water, Sir,’ said the woman, ‘so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water.’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
In Context
16‘Go and call your husband,’ said Jesus, ‘and then come back.’
Cross References
Psalms 4:6Many are longing for fortune to smile. Lift upon us the light of your face.
John 6:34‘Master,’ they exclaimed, ‘give us that bread always!’
Romans 6:23The wages of sin are death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
1 Corinthians 2:14The merely intellectual person rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to them it is mere folly; they cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.
1 John 5:20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God – and we are in him who is true, by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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 →