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.
John 4:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Sir,’ said the woman, ‘you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this “living water”? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?] American Standard Version (1901) The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water? Common English Bible The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have a bucket and the well is deep. Where would you get this living water? Catholic Public Domain Version The woman said to him: "Lord, you do not have anything with which to draw water, and the well is deep. From where, then, do you have living water? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water? |
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.
‘How can anyone be born when he is old? ’ Nicodemus asked him. ‘Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born? ’
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.’
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me , and drink.
‘No, Lord! ’ Peter said. ‘For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.’
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
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.
Then he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
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.