John 4

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

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WEBTherefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
KJVWhen therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
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WEB(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),
KJV(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
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WEBhe left Judea and departed into Galilee.
KJVHe left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.
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WEBHe needed to pass through Samaria.
KJVAnd he must needs go through Samaria.
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WEBSo he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
KJVThen cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
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WEBJacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
KJVNow Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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WEBA woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
KJVThere cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
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WEBFor his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
KJV(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
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WEBThe Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
KJVThen saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
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WEBJesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
KJVJesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
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WEBThe woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
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WEBAre you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
KJVArt thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
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WEBJesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
KJVJesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
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WEBbut whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
KJVBut 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.
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WEBThe woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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WEBJesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
KJVJesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
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WEBThe woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
KJVThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
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WEBfor you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”
KJVFor thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
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WEBThe woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
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WEBOur fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
KJVOur fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
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WEBJesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
KJVJesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
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WEBYou worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
KJVYe worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
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WEBBut the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
KJVBut the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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WEBGod is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
KJVGod is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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WEBThe woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
KJVThe woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
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WEBJesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
KJVJesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
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WEBJust then, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”
KJVAnd upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
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WEBSo the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,
KJVThe woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
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WEB“Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?”
KJVCome, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
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WEBThey went out of the city, and were coming to him.
KJVThen they went out of the city, and came unto him.
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WEBIn the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
KJVIn the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
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WEBBut he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
KJVBut he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
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WEBThe disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
KJVTherefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
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WEBJesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
KJVJesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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WEBDon’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
KJVSay not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
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WEBHe who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
KJVAnd he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
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WEBFor in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
KJVAnd herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
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WEBI sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
KJVI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
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WEBFrom that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”
KJVAnd many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
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WEBSo when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
KJVSo when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
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WEBMany more believed because of his word.
KJVAnd many more believed because of his own word;
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WEBThey said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
KJVAnd said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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WEBAfter the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
KJVNow after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
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WEBFor Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
KJVFor Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
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WEBSo when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
KJVThen when he was come into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
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WEBJesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
KJVSo Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
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WEBWhen he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
KJVWhen he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
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WEBJesus therefore said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
KJVThen said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
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WEBThe nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
KJVThe nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
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WEBJesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
KJVJesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
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WEBAs he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
KJVAnd as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
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WEBSo he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
KJVThen enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
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WEBSo the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.
KJVSo the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
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WEBThis is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
KJVThis is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.

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