Section 13
than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" (4:12). We see by this question that religion's father is considered to be the greatest. The Sa maritans thought of Jacob as the greatest. They took him as their grandfather, thinking him to be the greatest.
The Samaritan woman also considered that Jacob's well was the best. This signifies that re ligion's inheritance is always considered as the best.
The Samaritan woman said to the Lord, "You have no bucket…; where then do you get the liv ing water?" (v. 11). This signifies that religion's way is considered as the most prevailing. Although religion considers its way to be the most pre vailing, yet religion's "water" never quenches the thirst of religious people. This is proved by the Lord's reply in verse 13. "Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again."
Christ is greater than religion's father. "Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is that says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water" (4:10). If you preach the gospel in China, people will talk to you about Confucius. Every race and tribe claims to have