John 4:12

WEB

¹²Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”

KJV

¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

BSB

¹²Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

FBV

¹²“Our father Jacob gave us the well. He drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock. Are you greater than he?”

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Extra References

Matthew 12:42

⁴²The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

John 8:53

⁵³Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”

Hebrews 3:3

³For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

Isaiah 53:2-3

²For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. ³He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

John 4:6

⁶Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.