Good News Bible Anglicised

John 4:12-17 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

12. It was our ancestor Jacob who gave us this well; he and his sons and his flocks all drank from it. You don't claim to be greater than Jacob, do you?”

13. Jesus answered, “All those who drink this water will be thirsty again,

14. but whoever drinks 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 which will provide him with life-giving water and give him eternal life.”

15. “Sir,” the woman said, “give me that water! Then I will never be thirsty again, nor will I have to come here to draw water.”

16. “Go and call your husband,” Jesus told her, “and come back.”

17. “I haven't got a husband,” she answered.Jesus replied, “You are right when you say you haven't got a husband.