Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
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… and he would have given you living water. The woman said to him, Sir, you do not even have a bucket, and the cistern is deep. Where then can you get us this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks. Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst. The water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water. Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back. The woman answered and said to him, I do not have a husband. Jesus answered her, You are right in saying I do not have a husband, for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. …
… a woman in this culture. What is going on here? Sir, the woman said to him, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? Yes. Who gave us the well and drank from it himself as did his sons in his livestock. And he said to her, everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water that I give them, see, he's coming on out with it, will never thirst. In other words, he's saying there's two kinds of thirst in people. There's a physical thirst and there's an inside thirst. There's an outside thirst, but there's something deeper in every person that also thirsts. But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. And the woman said to him, sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water. …
… she's of course confused wouldn't you be so she says sir you have nothing to draw water with and the well is deep where do you get that living water are you greater than our father jacob he gave us this well and drank from it himself as did his sons and his livestock what she's saying. She's saying the water's been just fine for me. And for hundreds of years this well has provided water. In fact, I just read this week that this well, we think it's this well, Jacob's well, is still producing water even now, today. So as far as wells go, this is a pretty good one. Why would I need different water? And besides, if you had better water, what would you even put it in, is what she's saying. You don't have a bucket. To which he replies, has this water really been enough for you? and if it has, why do you keep coming back here over and over and over again? This is how he says it. Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. So what do we learn about this living water? …
… Now listen to this question. Are you greater than our father Jacob? Yes. She can't believe that anybody would come along and talk to her who was greater than Jacob. Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us this will, drank from it Himself as well as His sons and His livestock? And how does Jesus answer the question, are you greater than Jacob? And He answers it this way, He says, well, I grant that Jacob was a great man and He's He's done a wonderful thing, given you this well. It stood the test of time for 2,000 years. People come here every day, get their water. It's a terrific gift that Jacob gave. But if you noticed, this isn't the first time you've been here to get water. And if you drink from Jacob's well, you're going to have to come back tomorrow. Because He said, whoever drinks of this water will thirst again. But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. …