Truly I tell you, whoever gives a mere drink of cold water to one of these least significant [disciples of mine] because he is a disciple, will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward.”
John 4:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [About then] a Samaritan woman came [to the well] to draw water. Jesus said to her, “[Please] give me a drink.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink– American Standard Version (1901) There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. Common English Bible A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” Catholic Public Domain Version A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me to drink." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. |
Truly I tell you, whoever gives a mere drink of cold water to one of these least significant [disciples of mine] because he is a disciple, will certainly not lose his [temporal or eternal] reward.”
Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”
Jesus answered her, “If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, ‘[Please], give me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Jacob’s [spring-fed] well was there so Jesus, tired from His [long] journey, sat down beside the well just as He was [i.e., before doing anything else]. It was about six o’clock in the morning [Note: This would have been 12 o’clock noon if Jewish time were meant].