John 4:12

New International Reader's Version

Our father Jacob gave us the well. He drank from it himself. So did his sons and his livestock. Are you more important than he is?”

Cross References

Matthew 12:42

The Queen of the South will stand up on judgment day with the people now living. And she will prove that they are guilty. She came from very far away to listen to Solomon’s wisdom. And now something more important than Solomon is here.

John 4:13

Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

John 4:20

Our people have always worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

John 4:5

He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar. It was near the piece of land Jacob had given his son Joseph.

John 4:6

Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from the journey. So he sat down by the well. It was about noon.

John 8:53

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died. So did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

Hebrews 3:3

The person who builds a house has greater honor than the house itself. In the same way, Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses.