New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 4:8
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(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
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(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
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For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
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For His disciples had gone away into the city, that they might buy food.
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John 4
6 Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
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