Top Verses from John 4  

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John – (NIV)

NOW WHEN the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John-- (AMP)

When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (KJV)

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth." (NIV)

God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality). (AMP)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (KJV)

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" (NIV)

Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink-- (AMP)

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (KJV)

Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. (NIV)

A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers. (AMP)

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. (KJV)

(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) (NIV)

For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food-- (AMP)

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) (KJV)

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." (NIV)

Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water. (AMP)

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (KJV)

Now he had to go through Samaria. (NIV)

It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria. (AMP)

And he must needs go through Samaria. (KJV)

He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back." (NIV)

At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here. (AMP)

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. (KJV)

"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet." (NIV)

The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet. (AMP)

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. (KJV)

"The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." (NIV)

For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly. (AMP)

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. (KJV)