John 4:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Now to get to Galilee] it required that Jesus travel through Samaria [Note: Samaria was the next country north of Judea].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he must needs go through Samaria.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he must needs pass through Samaria.

Common English Bible

Jesus had to go through Samaria.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now he needed to cross through Samaria.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria.

John 4:4 Cross References

Luke 17:11

And it happened as Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem that He passed along the border between Samaria and Galilee. [Note: These were the next two provinces north of Judea].

Luke 2:49

And He replied to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I had to be in my Father’s house [i.e., the Temple, or, “about my Father’s affairs”]?”

Luke 22:7

Then the day came for the Festival of Unleavened Bread [to be held], on which the Passover [lamb] was to be sacrificed.