Therefore when
athe Lord
knew
that the Pharisees
had heard
that Jesus
was making
and bbaptizing
more
disciples
than
John
(although aJesus
Himself
was not baptizing
, but His bdisciples
were),
He left aJudea
and went
away
bagain
into Galilee
.
And He had to pass
through
aSamaria
.
So He *came
to a city
of aSamaria
called
Sychar
, near
bthe parcel
of ground
that cJacob
gave
to his son
Joseph
;
and Jacob's well
was there
. So
Jesus
, being wearied
from His journey
, was sitting
thus
by the well
. It was about
1the sixth
hour
.
There *came a woman
of Samaria
to draw
water
. Jesus
*said
to her, "Give
Me a drink
."
For His adisciples had gone
away
into bthe city
to buy
food
.
Therefore the aSamaritan
woman
*said
to Him, "How
is it that You, being
a Jew
, ask
me for a drink
since I am
a Samaritan
woman
?" (For bJews
have
no
dealings
with Samaritans
.)
Jesus answered
and said
to her, "If
you knew
the gift
of God
, and who
it is who says
to you, `Give
Me a drink
,' you would have asked
Him, and He would have given
you aliving
water
."
She *said to Him, " 1Sir
, You have
nothing
to draw
with and the well
is deep
; where
then
do You get
that aliving
water?
"You are not greater than our father
Jacob
, are You, who
agave
us the well
, and drank
of it himself
and his sons
and his cattle
?"
Jesus answered
and said
to her, "Everyone
who drinks
of this
water
will thirst
again
;
but whoever drinks
of the water
that I will give
him ashall never
thirst
; but the water
that I will give
him will become
in him a well
of water
springing
up to beternal
life
."
The woman *said
to Him, " 1Sir
, agive
me this
water
, so
I will not be thirsty
nor
come
all the way here
to draw
."
He *said to her, "Go
, call
your husband
and come
here
."
The woman answered
and said
, "I have
no
husband
." Jesus
*said
to her, "You have correctly
said
, `I have
no
husband
';
for you have had
five
husbands
, and the one whom
you now
have
is not your husband
; this
you have said
truly
."
The woman *said
to Him, " 1Sir
, I perceive
that You are aa prophet
.
" aOur fathers worshiped
in bthis
mountain
, and you people say
that cin Jerusalem
is the place
where
men ought
to worship
."
Jesus *said
to her, "Woman
, believe
Me, aan hour
is coming
when
bneither
in this
mountain
nor
in Jerusalem
will you worship
the Father
.
" aYou worship what
you do not know
; we worship
what
we know
, for bsalvation
is from the Jews
.
"But aan hour is coming
, and now
is, when
the true
worshipers
will worship
the Father
bin spirit
and truth
; for such
people
the Father
seeks
to be His worshipers
.
"God is 1spirit
, and those
who worship
Him must
worship
ain spirit
and truth
."
The woman *said
to Him, "I know
that aMessiah
is coming
( bHe who is called
Christ
); when
that One
comes
, He will declare
all
things
to us."
Jesus *said
to her, " aI who speak
to you am
He."
At this point
His adisciples
came
, and they were amazed
that He had been speaking
with a woman
, yet
no
one
said
, "What
do You seek
?" or
, "Why
do You speak
with her?"
So the woman
left
her waterpot
, and went
into the city
and *said
to the men
,
"Come, see
a man
awho
told
me all
the things
that I have done
; bthis
is not 1the Christ
, is it?"
They went out of the city
, and were coming
to Him.
Meanwhile the disciples
were urging
Him, saying
, " aRabbi
, eat
."
But He said to them, "I have
food
to eat
that you do not know
about
."
So the adisciples
were saying
to one
another
, "No
one
brought
Him anything to eat
, did he?"
Jesus *said
to them, "My food
is to ado
the will
of Him who sent
Me and to baccomplish
His work
.
"Do you not say, `There are yet
four
months
, and then comes
the harvest
'? Behold
, I say
to you, lift
up your eyes
and look
on the fields
, that they are white
afor harvest
.
"Already he who reaps
is receiving
awages
and is gathering
bfruit
for clife
eternal
; so
that he who sows
and he who reaps
may rejoice
together
.
"For in this case the saying
is true
, ` aOne
sows
and another
reaps
.'
"I sent you to reap
that for which
you have not labored
; others
have labored
and you have entered
into their labor
."
From athat city many
of the Samaritans
believed
in Him because
of the word
of the woman
who testified
, " bHe told
me all
the things
that I have done
."
So when
the Samaritans
came
to Jesus, they were asking
Him to stay
with them; and He stayed
there
two
days
.
Many more
believed
because
of His word
;
and they were saying to the woman
, "It is no
longer
because
of what you said
that we believe
, for we have heard
for ourselves
and know
that this
One
is indeed
athe Savior
of the world
."
After athe two
days
He went
forth
from there
into Galilee
.
For Jesus Himself
testified
that aa prophet
has
no
honor
in his own
country
.
So when
He came
to Galilee
, the Galileans
received
Him, ahaving seen
all
the things
that He did
in Jerusalem
at the feast
; for they themselves
also
went
to the feast
.
Therefore He came
again
to aCana
of Galilee
bwhere
He had made
the water
wine
. And there was a royal
official
whose
son
was sick
at cCapernaum
.
When he heard that Jesus
had
come
aout of Judea
into Galilee
, he went
to Him and was imploring
Him to come
down
and heal
his son
; for he was at the point
of death
.
So Jesus
said
to him, "Unless
you people see
1 asigns
and awonders
, you simply will not believe
."
The royal official
*said
to Him, " 1Sir
, come
down
before
my child
dies
."
Jesus *said
to him, " aGo
; your son
lives
." The man
believed
the word
that Jesus
spoke
to him and started
off.
As he was now going
down
, his slaves
met
him, saying
that his 1son
was living
.
So he inquired
of them the hour
when
he began to get
better
. Then
they said
to him, "Yesterday
at the 1seventh
hour
the fever
left
him."
So the father
knew
that it was at that hour
in which
Jesus
said
to him, "Your son
lives
"; and he himself
believed
and ahis whole
household
.
This is again
a asecond
1sign
that Jesus
performed
when He had bcome
out of Judea
into Galilee
.