7There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
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And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-26)We have here an account of the good Christ did in Samaria, when he passed through that country in his way to Galilee. The Samaritans, both in blood and religion , were mongrel Jews , the posterity of those colonies which the king of Assyria planted there after the captivity of the ten tribes, with whom the poor of the land that were left behind, and many other Jews afterwards, incorporated themsel…
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