John 4:42

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“They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.””

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BSBPD

“They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and said to the woman--`No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world--the Christ.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 4:42 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
  2. Isaiah 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  3. Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
  4. Luke 2:10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
  5. Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  6. John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  7. John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  8. John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  9. John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
  10. John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  11. John 11:17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
  12. John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  13. Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  14. Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  15. Romans 10:11It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  16. 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  17. 1 Timothy 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
  18. 1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
  19. 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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