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When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.” (This happened while Jesus’ followers were in town buying some food.)

The woman said, “I am surprised that you ask me for a drink, since you are a Jewish man and I am a Samaritan woman.” (Jewish people are not friends with Samaritans.[a])

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Footnotes

  1. 4:9 Jewish people . . . Samaritans. This can also be translated “Jewish people don’t use things that Samaritans have used.”

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