John 4:16-18 Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.… There is no salvation till you confess your sin. There was a man in India who, one evening having nothing else to do, went to play at religion with the parson — as some of you have come here this afternoon. "Religion is all very well," began the officer, "but you must admit that there are difficulties — about the miracles, for instance." The chaplain knew his man, and quietly answered him, "Yes, there are some things in the Bible not very plain, I admit; but the seventh commandment is very plain." The man's temper rose, and he swung himself out of the tent; but a little later he came back, no longer to raise false difficulties, but to ask how a poor adulterous British officer might be saved. There are men and women here kept from salvation by what kept back this Samaritan woman. Give up that man, give up that woman, if you would be saved. The pitcher must be emptied before it can be filled. (John McNeill.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.WEB: Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." |
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