Though literal water is essential for sustaining life on earth, Jesus had in mind a different type of water when he said to a Samaritan woman at a well: “Whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty at all, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water bubbling up to impart everlasting life. ”
Kuigi elu maa peal ei saa eksisteerida ilma sõnasõnalise veeta, pidas Jeesus silmas teistsugust vett, kui ütles Samaaria naisele kaevul: „Kes joob seda vett, mida mina annan, ei tunne enam iialgi janu, vaid vesi, mida mina annan, saab tema sees veeallikaks, mis pulbitseb ja annab igavese elu ”.