John 4:39-42

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

39 Many Samaritans w from that town believed in him x because of y the woman's testimony, "He told me all that I ever did." 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed z because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, a and we know that this is indeed b the Savior c of the world."

  1. Cross References
    John 4:5
    So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
    John 4:8
    (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
  2. Cross References
    John 17:20
    I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.
  3. Cross References
    John 4:29
    "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?"
  4. Cross References
    John 8:30
    As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
  5. Cross References
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  6. Cross References
    1 John 4:14
    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
    John 12:47
    If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
    1 Timothy 4:10
    For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
  7. Cross References
    John 1:29
    The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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