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The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
John 4:19 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
  • BSB “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
  • ESV The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
  • NKJV The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
  • NASB The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
  • NLT “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 12

  • John 6:14When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”
  • Luke 7:39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
  • Luke 7:16Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
  • John 9:17Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
  • John 7:40Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
  • Matt 21:11The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
  • 2 Kgs 5:26He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
  • 2 Kgs 6:12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
  • Luke 24:19He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
  • 1 Cor 14:24–25But if all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or unlearned comes in, he is reproved by all, and he is judged by all.
  • John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
  • John 1:48–49Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

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