Samaritan Churlishness
John 4:9-10
Then said the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?…


On asking drink from a woman near Nablus who was filling her pitcher, we were angrily refused — "The Christian dogs might get it for themselves."

(Canon Tristram.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

WEB: The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)




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