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What does John 4:40 mean?
"So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days."
— John 4:40 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.”
So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
Many more believed because of his word.
They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
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