John 4:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?””
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“Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 4:12 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 53:2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- John 4:6Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 8:53Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
- Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).