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John 4:40-42 CEV
(40) They came and asked him to stay in their town, and he stayed on for two days. (41) Many more Samaritans put their faith in Jesus because of what they heard him say. (42) They told the woman, "We no longer have faith in Jesus just because of what you told us. We have heard him ourselves, and we are certain that he is the Savior of the world!"

John 4:40-42 ALT
(40) So when the Samaritans came to Him, they kept asking Him to remain with them, and He remained there two days. (41) And many more believed because of His word. (42) And so they were saying to the woman, "No longer do we believe because of your speech, for we ourselves have heard and know that this is truly the Savior of the world-the Christ!"

John 4:40-42 NWT
40 Therefore when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 Consequently many more believed on account of what he said, 42 and they began to say to the woman: "We do not believe any longer on account of your talk; for we have heard for ourselves and we know that this man is for a certainty the savior of the world."

John 4:40-42 BBE
(40) So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days. (41) And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said. (42) And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation