I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.’ Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
John 4:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Jesus answered, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” you would ask him, and he would give you living water.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Jesus responded, “If you recognized God’s gift and who is saying to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would be asking him and he would give you living water.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus responded and said to her: "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give me to drink,' perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus answered, and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God, and who he is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. |
I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.’ Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
You are a garden spring, a well of flowing water streaming from Lebanon.
Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy, for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
‘I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose, , and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
Wild animals – jackals and ostriches #– #will honour me, because I provide water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people.
For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.
For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
For my people have committed a double evil: They have abandoned me, the fountain of living water, and dug cisterns for themselves #– # cracked cisterns that cannot hold water.
‘On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it towards the eastern sea and the other half towards the western sea, in summer and winter alike.
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? ’
They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent #– #Jesus Christ.
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well , of water springing up in him for eternal life.’
‘I am the bread of life,’ Jesus told them. ‘No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
‘Get up and go to the street called Straight,’ the Lord said to him, ‘to the house of Judas, and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, since he is praying there.
He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?
It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us #– #our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption #– #
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift #– #
For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one #– #that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give to the thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
Both the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come! ’ Let anyone who hears, say, ‘Come! ’ Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life freely.
For the Lamb who is at the centre of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.