Catholic Public Domain Version
"Surely, you are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and who drank from it, with his sons and his cattle?” "
— John 4:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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? ”
“Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"”
“Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.””
“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle?”
“Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?”
“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?”
And so, that Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, are requesting a drink from me, though I am a Samaritan woman?” For the Jews do not associate with the Samaritans.
Jesus responded and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give me to drink,’ perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.”
The woman said to him: “Lord, you do not have anything with which to draw water, and the well is deep. From where, then, do you have living water?
Surely, you are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and who drank from it, with his sons and his cattle?”
Jesus responded and said to her: “All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity.
Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”
The woman said to him, “Lord, give me this water, so that I may not thirst and may not come here to draw water.”