Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
New American Standard Bible
And He had to pass through
King James Version
And he must needs go through Samaria.
Holman Bible
He had to travel through Samaria,
A Conservative Version
And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria.
American Standard Version
And he must needs pass through Samaria.
Amplified
Now
An Understandable Version
[Now to get to Galilee] it required that Jesus travel through Samaria [Note: Samaria was the next country north of Judea].
Anderson New Testament
And it was necessary that he should go through Samaria.
Bible in Basic English
And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
Common New Testament
Now he had to go through Samaria.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but being obliged to pass through Samaria,
Darby Translation
And he must needs pass through Samaria.
Godbey New Testament
And it behooved Him to go through Samaria.
Goodspeed New Testament
Now he had to pass through Samaria.
John Wesley New Testament
And he must needs go thro' Samaria. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,
Julia Smith Translation
And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria.
King James 2000
And he must needs go through Samaria.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it was necessary [for] him to go through Samaria.
Modern King James verseion
And it was necessary for Him to go through Samaria,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And it was so that he must needs go through Samaria.
Moffatt New Testament
He had to pass through Samaria,
Montgomery New Testament
Now he had to pass through Samaria;
NET Bible
But he had to pass through Samaria.
New Heart English Bible
He needed to pass through Samaria.
Noyes New Testament
And he must necessarily pass through Samaria.
Sawyer New Testament
And it was necessary that he should pass through Samaria.
The Emphasized Bible
Now he must needs pass through Samaria.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now he must necessarily pass through Samaria.
Twentieth Century New Testament
He had to pass through Samaria,
Webster
And he must needs go through Samaria.
Weymouth New Testament
His road lay through Samaria,
Williams New Testament
And He had to go through Samaria.
World English Bible
He needed to pass through Samaria.
Worrell New Testament
And it was necessary that He should go through Samaria.
Worsley New Testament
And as He must pass through the country of Samaria, He came to a Samaritan city called Sichar,
Youngs Literal Translation
and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.
Themes
Canaan » Land of » Roman provinces of
Galilee » The northern district of palestine » Routes from, to judaea
Galilee » Separated from judea by samaria
Jesus Christ » History of » Visits sychar and teaches the samaritan woman
Roads » From judaea to galilee, by way of samaria
Samaria » Country of » Roads through, from judaea into galilee
Samaria » Country of » Jesus travels through
modern Samaria » Situated between judea and galilee
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Jesus visits; disciples made in
Interlinear
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Dierchomai
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 4:4
Devotionals containing John 4:4
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 4:4
Images John 4:4
Prayers for John 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Conversation With A Samaritan Woman
3 he left Judea and went back to Galilee. 4 Now it was necessary for him to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Cross References
Matthew 10:5-6
These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, and don't enter Samaritan towns.
Luke 2:49
He asked them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?"
Luke 9:51-52
When the days grew closer for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he was determined to continue his journey to Jerusalem.
Luke 17:11
One day, Jesus was traveling along the border between Samaria and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem.