John 4:14

but whoever drinks the water I give him will certainly never thirst again. On the contrary, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

In Context

13Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will thirst again,

15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty again and have to come here to draw water.”

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Cross References

John 6:35Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst.

John 7:38Whoever believes in me, just as the Scripture has said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’”

John 11:26No one who lives and believes in me will ever die. Do yoʋ believe this?”

John 17:2just as yoʋ have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to everyone yoʋ have given him.

Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus 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 →

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