John 4:12
“Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the Well, and dranke thereof himselfe, and his children, and his cattell?”
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John 4:12 Context
10Iesus answered, and said vnto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that sayth to thee, Giue me to drinke; thou wouldest haue asked of him, and hee would haue giuen thee liuing water. 11The woman saith vnto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to drawe with, and the Well is deepe: from whence then hast thou that liuing water? 12Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the Well, and dranke thereof himselfe, and his children, and his cattell? 13Iesus answered, and said vnto her, Whosoeuer drinketh of this water, shall thirst againe: 14But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shal giue him, shall neuer thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life.
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Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
- King James Version
"You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)