Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on John 4:12 in English Standard Version "Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”" Joh 4:5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Joh 8:53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”