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The Book of John, Chapter 4, Verse 9

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(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
King James Version
Then 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.
American Standard Version
The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
New English Translation
The woman said to him,“Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
World English Bible
The 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.)
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Jesus 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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The 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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Art 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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Jesus answered and said unto her, ‹Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:›
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‹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.›
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The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
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Jesus saith unto her, ‹Go, call thy husband, and come hither.›
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The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, ‹Thou hast well said, I have no husband:›
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‹For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.›
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The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.