‘Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here”.'

The gift of living water could only be given if she turned from sin, so Jesus now began to probe her past life (John 4:16). ‘Go and call your husband and come here'. Such an innocent suggestion, and yet so deep in its significance. He knew already what the answer would be as John 4:18 demonstrates.

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