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生命的活水

主知道法利赛人听见他收门徒和施洗比约翰更多( 其实不是耶稣亲自施洗,而是他的门徒施洗), 就离开了犹太,再往加利利去。 他必须经过撒玛利亚。 于是到了撒玛利亚的一座城,名叫叙加;这城靠近雅各给他儿子约瑟的那块地。 在那里有雅各井。耶稣因为旅途疲倦了,就坐在井旁;那时大约正午。

有一个撒玛利亚妇人来打水。耶稣对她说:“请给我水喝。” 那时,他的门徒都进城买食物去了。 撒玛利亚妇人对耶稣说:“你是犹太人,怎么向我,一个撒玛利亚妇人要水喝呢?”(原来犹太人和撒玛利亚人不相往来。) 10 耶稣回答她:“你若知道 神的恩赐,和对你说‘请给我水喝’的是谁,你必早已求他,他也必早把活水赐给你了。” 11 妇人说:“先生,你没有打水的器具,井又深,你从哪里得活水呢? 12 我们的祖先雅各把这口井留给我们,他自己和子孙以及牲畜都喝这井的水,难道你比他还大吗?” 13 耶稣回答:“凡喝这水的,还要再渴; 14 人若喝我所赐的水,就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里面成为涌流的泉源,直涌到永生。” 15 妇人说:“先生,请把这水赐给我,使我不渴,也不用来这里打水。”

必须用心灵按真理敬拜 神

16 耶稣说:“你去,叫你的丈夫,然后回到这里来。” 17 妇人对他说:“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说:“你说‘没有丈夫’是不错的。 18 你以前有五个丈夫,现在有的并不是你的丈夫;你说这话是真的。” 19 妇人说:“先生,我看出你是先知。 20 我们的祖先在这山上敬拜 神,而你们却说,敬拜的地方必须在耶路撒冷。” 21 耶稣说:“妇人,你应当信我,时候将到,那时你们敬拜父,不在这山上,也不在耶路撒冷。 22 你们敬拜你们所不知道的,我们却敬拜我们所知道的,因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。 23 然而时候将到,现在就是了,那用心灵按真理敬拜父的,才是真正敬拜的人;因为父在寻找这样敬拜他的人。 24  神是灵,敬拜他的必须借着灵按真理敬拜他。” 25 妇人说:“我知道那称为基督的弥赛亚要来;他来了,要把一切都告诉我们。” 26 耶稣说:“我这现在跟你说话的就是他。”

27 正在这时候,门徒回来了,见耶稣和一个妇人说话,就很希奇;但是没有人问:“你要甚么?”或说:“你为甚么跟她说话?” 28 那妇人撇下了她的水罐,进到城里去,对众人说: 29 “你们来,看看一个人,他把我所作的一切都说出来,难道这人就是基督吗?” 30 众人就出城,往耶稣那里去。

庄稼已经熟了

31 当时,门徒对耶稣说:“拉比,请吃。” 32 耶稣说:“我有食物吃,是你们所不知道的。” 33 门徒就彼此说:“难道有人拿东西给他吃了吗?” 34 耶稣说:“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨意,并且完成他的工作。 35 你们不是说‘还有四个月才到收获的时候’吗?我告诉你们,举目向田观看,庄稼已经熟了,可以收割了。 36 收割的人得到工资,也积储五谷直到永生,使撒种的和收割的一同快乐。 37 ‘这人撒种,那人收割’,这话是真的。 38 我派你们去收割你们所没有劳苦的;别人劳苦,你们却享受他们劳苦的成果。”

39 因着那妇人作见证的话:“他把我所作的一切都说出来了”,那城里就有许多撒玛利亚人信了耶稣。 40 于是他们来到耶稣那里,求他和他们同住,耶稣就在那里住了两天。 41 因着耶稣的话,信他的人就更多了。 42 他们就对那妇人说:“现在我们信,不再是因为你的话,而是因为我们亲自听见了,知道这位真是世人的救主。”

治好大臣的儿子

43 两天之后,耶稣离开那里,往加利利去。 44 耶稣自己说过:“先知在本乡是不受尊敬的。” 45 耶稣到了加利利的时候,加利利人都欢迎他,因为他们曾经上耶路撒冷去过节,见过他所行的一切。

46 耶稣又到了加利利的迦拿,就是他变水为酒的地方。有一个大臣,他的儿子在迦百农患病。 47 他听见耶稣从犹太到了加利利,就来见他,求他下去医治他的儿子,因为他的儿子快要死了。 48 耶稣对他说:“你们若看不见神迹奇事,总是不肯信。” 49 大臣说:“先生,求你趁我的孩子还没有死就下去吧!” 50 耶稣告诉他:“回去吧,你的儿子好了。”那人信耶稣对他说的话,就回去了。 51 正下去的时候,他的仆人迎着他走来,说他的孩子好了。 52 他就向仆人查问孩子是甚么时候好转的。他们告诉他:“昨天下午一点钟,热就退了。” 53 这父亲就知道,那正是耶稣告诉他“你的儿子好了”的时候,他自己和全家就信了。 54 这是耶稣从犹太回到加利利以后所行的第二件神迹。

Si Jesus at ang Babaing Taga-Samaria

Nang malaman ni Jesus na narinig ng mga Fariseo na siya ay nakahihikayat ng mas maraming alagad at nagbabautismo ng mas marami kaysa kay Juan— bagama't hindi naman si Jesus ang nagbabautismo kundi ang kanyang mga alagad,— umalis siya ng Judea at nagtungo muli sa Galilea. Kailangan niyang dumaan sa Samaria, (A)kaya nakarating siya sa Sicar, isang bayan ng Samaria, malapit sa bukirin na ibinigay ni Jacob sa anak niyang si Jose. Naroon ang balon ni Jacob, kaya't nang mapagod si Jesus mula sa kanyang paglalakbay, umupo siya sa tabi niyon. Magtatanghaling tapat[a] na noon nang may isang Samaritanang dumating upang sumalok ng tubig. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Pahingi nga ng inumin.” (Ang kanyang mga alagad ay nakaalis na noon patungong bayan upang bumili ng pagkain.) (B)Sinabi ng Samaritana sa kanya, “Ikaw ay isang Judio, bakit ka humihingi ng tubig sa akin na isang Samaritana?” (Dahil ang mga Judio ay hindi nakikitungo sa mga Samaritano.) 10 Sumagot si Jesus sa kanya, “Kung alam mo lamang ang kaloob ng Diyos at kung sino itong nagsasabi sa iyo, ‘Pahingi ng inumin,’ ikaw pa ang hihingi sa kanya, at bibigyan ka niya ng tubig ng buhay.” 11 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, wala kang pansalok ng tubig, at malalim ang balon; saan ka kukuha ng tubig ng buhay? 12 Mas dakila ka pa ba kaysa ama naming si Jacob na nagbigay ng balon sa amin, at siya mismo'y uminom mula rito, pati na rin ang kanyang mga anak at mga hayop?” 13 Sumagot si Jesus sa kanya, “Ang sinumang uminom sa tubig na ito'y muling mauuhaw, 14 subalit, ang iinom ng tubig na ibibigay ko ay hindi na kailanman mauuhaw. Ang tubig na ibibigay ko ay magiging bukal ng tubig sa kanya patungo sa buhay na walang hanggan.” 15 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, bigyan mo ako ng tubig na ito nang hindi na ako mauhaw at hindi na rin pumarito para mag-igib.” 16 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Humayo ka at tawagin mo ang iyong asawa at bumalik ka rito.” 17 Sumagot ang babae, “Wala akong asawa.” Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Tama ka sa iyong sinabing wala kang asawa, 18 dahil nagkaroon ka na ng limang asawa, at ang kinakasama mo ngayon ay hindi mo asawa. Totoo nga ang sinabi mo.” 19 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, sa tingin ko'y isa kang propeta. 20 Sumamba sa bundok na ito ang aming mga ninuno; ngunit kayong mga Judio'y nagsasabing sa Jerusalem dapat sumamba.” 21 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Ginang, maniwala ka sa akin, na darating ang oras na sasambahin ninyo ang Ama hindi sa bundok na ito, ni sa Jerusalem. 22 Sinasamba ninyo ang hindi ninyo nakikilala; kilala namin ang aming sinasamba, sapagkat ang kaligtasan ay mula sa mga Judio. 23 Ngunit ang oras ay dumarating, at ngayon na nga, kung saan ang mga tunay na sumasamba ay sasamba sa Ama sa espiritu at katotohanan, sapagkat ganito ang hinahanap ng Ama na sasamba sa kanya. 24 Ang Diyos ay espiritu, at ang mga sumasamba sa kanya ay dapat sumamba sa espiritu at katotohanan.” 25 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Alam kong darating ang Mesiyas, siya na tinatawag na Cristo; sa pagdating niya, ipaliliwanag niya sa amin ang lahat ng bagay.” 26 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Ako mismong nagsasalita sa iyo ang tinutukoy mo.” 27 Dumating ang kanyang mga alagad at nagtaka sila dahil nakikipag-usap siya sa isang babae, ngunit wala ni isa mang nagtanong sa babae, “Anong gusto mo?” o kay Jesus, “Bakit kayo nakikipag-usap sa kanya?” 28 Pagkatapos ay iniwan ng babae ang kanyang sisidlan ng tubig at umalis papuntang lungsod, at sinabi niya sa mga tao, 29 “Halikayo, tingnan ninyo ang taong nagsabi sa akin ng lahat ng ginawa ko. Siya na nga kaya ang Cristo?” 30 Kaya't sila'y lumabas ng lungsod at nagpunta kay Jesus. 31 Samantala, pinilit siya ng mga alagad niya at sinabi, “Rabbi, kumain po kayo.” 32 Ngunit sinabi niya sa kanila, “Mayroon akong pagkaing hindi ninyo alam.” 33 Kaya't sinabi ng mga alagad sa isa't isa, “Wala namang nagdala sa kanya ng pagkain, hindi ba?” 34 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Ang pagkain ko'y gawin ang kalooban niya na nagsugo sa akin, at tuparin ang kanyang gawain. 35 Hindi ba sinasabi ninyo, ‘Apat na buwan na lang at anihan na?’ Sinasabi ko sa inyo, imulat ninyo ang inyong mga mata at tingnan ninyo ang mga bukirin at handa na ang mga iyon para anihin. 36 Ang umaani ay tumatanggap ng kabayaran, at nagtitipon ng bunga tungo sa buhay na walang hanggan. Sa gayon, ang nagtatanim at ang umaani ay magkasalong magagalak. 37 Dahil dito, totoo nga ang kasabihan, ‘Iba ang nagtatanim, at iba naman ang nag-aani.’ 38 Isinugo ko kayo upang anihin ang hindi ninyo pinagpaguran. Iba ang nagpagod, at kayo'y umaani sa kanilang pinagpaguran.” 39 Maraming taga-Samaria mula sa lungsod na iyon ang sumampalataya kay Jesus dahil sa patotoong ito ng babae: “Sinabi niya ang lahat ng ginawa ko.” 40 Kaya noong pumunta sa kanya ang mga taga-Samaria, hiniling nila kay Jesus na manatili sa kanila. Dalawang araw siyang nanatili roon. 41 At marami pa ang sumampalataya dahil sa salita ni Jesus. 42 Sinabi nila sa babae, “Hindi na dahil sa mga salita mo kung bakit kami sumasampalataya, sapagkat kami mismo ang nakarinig sa kanya. Nalalaman naming siya nga ang Tagapagligtas ng sanlibutan.”

Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Anak ng Mayamang Pinuno

43 Pagkalipas ng dalawang araw, pumunta si Jesus sa Galilea, 44 (C)sapagkat siya mismo ang nagpatotoo na ang isang propeta ay walang karangalan sa sarili niyang bayan. 45 (D)Kaya nang dumating siya sa Galilea, tinangkilik siya ng mga tagaroon, dahil nakita nila ang lahat ng kanyang ginawa sa Jerusalem noong kapistahan, sapagkat sila man ay naroroon din. 46 (E)Muli siyang nagpunta sa Cana ng Galilea. (Doon niya ginawang alak ang tubig.) Sa Capernaum, may isang mayamang pinunong may anak na lalaki na nagkasakit. 47 Nang mabalitaan nito na si Jesus ay dumating sa Galilea mula sa Judea, nagpunta ito sa kanya. Hiniling ng pinuno kay Jesus na puntahan ang kanyang anak na lalaki upang pagalingin, sapagkat malapit na iyong mamatay. 48 Kaya sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Kung hindi pa kayo makakita ng mga himala at mga kababalaghan, hinding-hindi kayo maniniwala.” 49 Sinabi ng pinuno sa kanya, “Ginoo, pumunta na po kayo bago mamatay ang anak ko.” 50 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Humayo ka na, mabubuhay ang anak mo.” Naniwala ang lalaki sa sinabi ni Jesus at siya'y umalis na. 51 Habang siya'y naglalakad, sinalubong siya ng kanyang mga lingkod at ibinalita sa kanya na magaling na ang anak niya. 52 Tinanong niya sila kung anong oras ito gumaling, at ang sabi nila, “Ala-una[b] po kahapon nang mawalan siya ng lagnat.” 53 Naalala ng ama na iyon ang oras nang sabihin sa kanya ni Jesus na mabubuhay ang kanyang anak. At siya'y sumampalataya, pati na rin ang buo niyang sambahayan. 54 Ito ang pangalawang himalang ginawa ni Jesus. Nangyari ito nang siya'y dumating sa Galilea mula sa Judea.

Footnotes

  1. Juan 4:6 Sa Griyego, ikaanim na oras.
  2. Juan 4:52 Ala-una po kahapon: Sa Griyego, ikapitong oras.

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(A) although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(C) So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(D) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(E) (His disciples had gone into the town(F) to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(G) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(H)

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(I) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(J) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(K) welling up to eternal life.”(L)

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(M) and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(N) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(O) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(P)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(Q) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(R) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(T) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(U) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(V) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(X) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(Y)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned(Z) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(AA) Could this be the Messiah?”(AB) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(AC) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(AD) that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(AE) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(AF) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(AG) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(AH) a crop for eternal life,(AI) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(AJ) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(AL) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(AM)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(AN) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(AO) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AP) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AQ) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(AR) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(AS) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(AT) believed.

54 This was the second sign(AU) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used

A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and (A)baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. But He needed to go through Samaria.

So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that (B)Jacob (C)gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For (D)Jews have no dealings with (E)Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the (F)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 (G)living water.”

11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but (H)whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him (I)will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

15 (J)The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, (K)I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on (L)this mountain, and you Jews say that in (M)Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming (N)when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship (O)what you do not know; we know what we worship, for (P)salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will (Q)worship the Father in (R)spirit (S)and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 (T)God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah (U)is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, (V)He will tell us all things.”

26 Jesus said to her, (W)“I who speak to you am He.

The Whitened Harvest

27 And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”

28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a Man (X)who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 Then they went out of the city and came to Him.

31 In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”

32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”

33 Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”

34 Jesus said to them, (Y)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (Z)finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes (AA)the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, (AB)for they are already white for harvest! 36 (AC)And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that (AD)both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: (AE)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; (AF)others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”

The Savior of the World

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him (AG)because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own (AH)word.

42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for (AI)we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed [a]the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

Welcome at Galilee

43 Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. 44 For (AJ)Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, (AK)having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; (AL)for they also had gone to the feast.

A Nobleman’s Son Healed

46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee (AM)where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain [b]nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Then Jesus said to him, (AN)“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”

49 The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”

50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”

52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household.

54 This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:42 NU omits the Christ
  2. John 4:46 royal official

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

And he must needs go through Samaria.

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

41 And many more believed because of his own word;

42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.