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John 4:23–28

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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
¶ And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
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From verse 23

  1. Philippians 3:3Rank 1 from verse 23
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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  2. Matthew 15:7–9Rank 2 from verse 23
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    7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

    8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

  3. John 5:25Rank 3 from verse 23
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    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

  4. Galatians 4:6Rank 4 from verse 23
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    6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

  5. Romans 8:26Rank 5 from verse 23
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    26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

  6. Jude 1:20–21Rank 6 from verse 23
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    20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  7. Ephesians 6:18Rank 7 from verse 23
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    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  8. Isaiah 29:13Rank 8 from verse 23
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    13¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  9. John 12:23Rank 9 from verse 23
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    23¶ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

  10. John 4:21Rank 10 from verse 23
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    21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

  11. Isaiah 43:21Rank 11 from verse 23
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    21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

  12. Isaiah 58:2Rank 12 from verse 23
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    2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

  13. John 1:17Rank 13 from verse 23
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    17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  14. Isaiah 26:8–9Rank 14 from verse 23
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    8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

    9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  15. Isaiah 66:1–2Rank 15 from verse 23
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    1THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

    2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

  16. Joshua 24:14Rank 16 from verse 23
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    14¶ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

  17. Proverbs 15:8Rank 17 from verse 23
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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  18. Romans 8:15Rank 18 from verse 23
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    15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

  19. 1 Peter 2:9Rank 19 from verse 23
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    9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  20. Psalms 17:1Rank 20 from verse 23
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    1HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

  21. 1 Samuel 12:24Rank 21 from verse 23
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    24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

  22. Luke 18:11–13Rank 22 from verse 23
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    11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

    12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

    13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

  23. Jeremiah 3:10Rank 23 from verse 23
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    10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

  24. John 16:32Rank 24 from verse 23
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    32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

  25. Psalms 147:11Rank 25 from verse 23
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    11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  26. Psalms 51:6Rank 26 from verse 23
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    6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

  27. 1 Chronicles 29:17Rank 27 from verse 23
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    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

  28. Isaiah 10:20Rank 28 from verse 23
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    20¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

  29. Isaiah 48:1–2Rank 29 from verse 23
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    1HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

    2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.

  30. Jeremiah 4:2Rank 30 from verse 23
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    2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

  31. Romans 1:9Rank 31 from verse 23
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    9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

  32. Ezekiel 22:30Rank 32 from verse 23
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    30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

  33. Isaiah 1:10–15Rank 33 from verse 23
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    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  34. Psalms 32:2Rank 34 from verse 23
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    2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  35. Song of Solomon 2:14Rank 35 from verse 23
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    14¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  36. Isaiah 58:8–14Rank 36 from verse 23
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    8¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

    9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

    10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

    13¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

    14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  37. Jeremiah 7:7–12Rank 37 from verse 23
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    7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

    8¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

    9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

    10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord.

    12But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

From verse 24

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:17Rank 1 from verse 24
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    17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

  2. Matthew 15:8–9Rank 2 from verse 24
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    8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

  3. Philippians 3:3Rank 3 from verse 24
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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  4. Psalms 51:17Rank 4 from verse 24
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    17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

  5. Isaiah 57:15Rank 5 from verse 24
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  6. 1 Samuel 16:7Rank 6 from verse 24
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    7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  7. 1 Timothy 1:17Rank 7 from verse 24
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    17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  8. Psalms 66:18Rank 8 from verse 24
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    18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

  9. Psalms 50:23Rank 9 from verse 24
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    23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

  10. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 10 from verse 24
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  11. Psalms 50:13–15Rank 11 from verse 24
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    13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

    14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

From verse 25

  1. John 1:49Rank 1 from verse 25
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    49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

  2. Daniel 9:24–26Rank 2 from verse 25
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    24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

    25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  3. John 4:29Rank 3 from verse 25
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    29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

  4. John 4:42Rank 4 from verse 25
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    42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

  5. Matthew 1:16Rank 5 from verse 25
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    16And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  6. John 1:41–42Rank 6 from verse 25
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    41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

    42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

  7. Deuteronomy 18:15–18Rank 7 from verse 25
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    15¶ The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

    16According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

    17And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

    18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

  8. John 4:39Rank 8 from verse 25
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    39¶ And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

From verse 26

  1. John 8:24Rank 1 from verse 26
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    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  2. Mark 14:61–62Rank 2 from verse 26
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    61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

    62And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

  3. John 9:35–37Rank 3 from verse 26
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    35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

    36He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

    37And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

  4. Romans 10:20–21Rank 4 from verse 26
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    20But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

    21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

  5. Luke 13:30Rank 5 from verse 26
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    30And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

  6. Matthew 26:63–64Rank 6 from verse 26
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    63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

    64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

  7. Matthew 16:20Rank 7 from verse 26
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    20Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.

  8. Matthew 20:15Rank 8 from verse 26
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

From verse 27

  1. Luke 7:39Rank 1 from verse 27
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    39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

  2. John 4:8–9Rank 2 from verse 27
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    8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

    9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

From verse 28

  1. John 4:7Rank 1 from verse 28
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    7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

  2. Luke 24:33Rank 2 from verse 28
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    33And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,

  3. Matthew 28:8Rank 3 from verse 28
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    8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

  4. Luke 24:9Rank 4 from verse 28
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    9And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

  5. Mark 16:8–10Rank 5 from verse 28
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    8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

    9¶ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

    10And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

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John 4:23

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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John 4:24

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 4:25

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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tell

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1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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John 4:26

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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John 4:27

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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talked

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Past-tense or past-participial form of talk (to speak or converse; speech or conversation).

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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seekest

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Second-person singular present form of seek: Sense 1: To look or search for. Sense 2: To desire, pursue, or attempt to obtain.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

John 4:28

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left

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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4:1WHEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

4:2(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

4:3He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.

4:4And he must needs go through Samaria.

4:5Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

4:7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

4:8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

4:9Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

4:12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

4:13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

4:15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

4:16Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

4:17The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

4:18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

4:19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

4:20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

4:21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

4:23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

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4:24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

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4:25The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

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4:26Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

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4:27¶ And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

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4:28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

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4:29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

4:30Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

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