No.8 Referenced from ~ Part1 - Chapter 1 - Testimony

The Samaritan Woman

The Samaritans are a people of Israel who unwillingly lost their pure bloodline during the Assyrian captivity in the 8th century BC.

"Are you greater than our father Jacob?"

- Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.

"Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."

Jesus was not trying to tell the woman, who continued to give an incoherent response, "God accepts you just the way you are," or any other "healing" message.

- Go, call your husband and come back. The man you now have is not your husband. (John 4:12-18 NIV)

Jesus asks, what do you need? Is it that you need to be comforted, or that your faith is recognized and your pride preserved? Is not that what you need, but simply to come into the presence of God?