Verse 8
John 4:8
Bible in Basic English
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For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
Original Language Text
greek
οἱ γὰρ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπεληλύθεισαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἵνα τροφὰς ἀγοράσωσιν.
English Translation
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
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Chapter 4 Context
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Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Yashua (Jesus...
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(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Yashua (Jesus) himself),
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He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.
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And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
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So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to...
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Now Jacob's fountain was there. Yashua (Jesus), being tired after his journey, was resting by the fo...
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A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Yashua (Jesus) said to her, Give me some water.
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For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.
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The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Sama...
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In answer Yashua (Jesus) said, If you had knowledge of what God (Elohim) gives freely and who it is...
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The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the...
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Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, wit...
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Yashua (Jesus) said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:
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But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give hi...
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The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will...
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Yashua (Jesus) said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.
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In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Yashua (Jesus) said to her, You have said rightly, I h...
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You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.
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The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
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Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in J...
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Yashua (Jesus) said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give...
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You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have...
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But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Fat...
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God (Elohim) is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
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The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes...
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Yashua (Jesus) said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.
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At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but no...
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Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,
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Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is...
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So they went out of the town and came to him.
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While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Yashua (Jesus), Master, take some food.
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But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
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So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
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Yashua (Jesus) said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
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You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at...
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He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that h...
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In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
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I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take...
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Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been...
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So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was ther...
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And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.
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And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have give...
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And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.
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For Yashua (Jesus) himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.
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So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which th...
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So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high...
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When it came to his ears that Yashua (Jesus) had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and m...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.
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The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.
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And Yashua (Jesus) said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Yashua...
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And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.
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So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease...
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It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Yashua (Jesus) said to him, You...
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Now this is the second sign which Yashua (Jesus) did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
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