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

⁴ [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

⁴ And he must needs go through Samaria.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he must needs pass through Samaria.

Common English Bible

⁴ Jesus had to go through Samaria.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Now he needed to cross through Samaria.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ 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.