Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now he needed to cross through Samaria. "
— John 4:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he must needs go through Samaria.”
“And he must needs pass through Samaria. ”
“He needed to pass through Samaria.”
“Conversation With a Samaritan Woman But he had to pass through Samaria.”
“And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria.”
“And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.”
“And he must needs go through Samaria.”
And so, when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made more disciples and baptized more than John,
(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but only his disciples)
he left behind Judea, and he traveled again to Galilee.
Now he needed to cross through Samaria.
Therefore, he went into a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the estate which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
And Jacob’s well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour.
A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink.”