“Sir,” the woman [at Jacob’s well said to Jesus], “you must be a prophet. So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?” —John 4:19-20 NLT Key Thought Over the long years …
“Go and get your husband,” Jesus told [the woman at Jacob’s well]. “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband — for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!” —John 4:16-18 …
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[Jesus said to the woman at Jacob’s well,] “But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here …
Jesus replied [to the woman at Jacob’s well], “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” —John 4:13-14 NLT Key Thought So often, we settle for façade and …
Jesus replied [to the woman at Jacob’s well], “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would …
Jesus replied [to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well], “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.” —John 4:10 NLT Key Thought But we do know who he is, don’t we? We do know who is …
Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water [where Jesus was resting by Jacob’s well], and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food. The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do …
[Jesus] had to go through Samaria on the way [to Galilee]. Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. —John 4:4-6 NLT Key Thought Jesus took …
Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John (though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them — his disciples did). So he left Judea and returned to Galilee. —John 4:1-3 NLT Key Thought Jesus’ ministry with his disciples involved baptizing. However, because of John the Baptizer’s association with baptism, …
[John the Baptizer said to his disciples,] “And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.” —John 3:36 NLT Key Thought God sent Jesus to save us. Faith in God’s Son is our doorway to life. However, …