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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

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

Исус Христос и самарянката

(A)А когато Господ узна какво са дочули фарисеите за Него, именно, че Исус придобивал и кръщавал повече ученици от Йоан,

не че сам Исус кръщаваше, а учениците Му,

напусна Юдея и пак отиде към Галилея.

И трябваше да мине през Самария.

(B)И така, дойде в един самарийски град, наречен Сихар, близо до землището, което Яков даде на сина си Йосиф.

Там беше Якововият кладенец[a]. Уморен от пътуване, Исус седеше на кладенеца. Беше около шестия час.

Дойде една самарянка да си извади вода. Исус ѝ каза: Дай Ми да пия.

Защото учениците Му бяха отишли в града да купят храна.

(C)Тогава самарянката Му каза: Как Ти, Който си юдеин, искаш вода от мене, която съм самарянка? Защото юдеите не общуват със самаряните.

10 (D)Исус ѝ отговори: Ако беше знаела Божия дар и Кой е Онзи, Който ти казва: Дай Ми да пия, ти би поискала от Него и Той би ти дал жива[b] вода!

11 Жената Му каза: Господине, нямаш с какво да загребеш вода, а и кладенецът е дълбок; тогава откъде имаш живата вода?

12 Нима си по-велик от баща ни Яков, който ни е дал кладенеца и сам той е пил от него, и синовете му, и добитъкът му?

13 Исус ѝ отговори: Всеки, който пие от тази вода, пак ще ожаднее;

14 (E)а който пие от водата, която Аз ще му дам, няма да ожаднее довека; но водата, която ще му дам, ще стане в него извор на вода, която извира за вечен живот.

15 (F)Жената Му каза: Господине, дай ми тази вода, за да не ожаднявам, нито да извървявам толкова път дотук, за да изваждам.

16 Исус ѝ каза: Иди, повикай мъжа си и ела тук.

17 Жената Му отговори: Нямам мъж. Исус ѝ каза: Право каза, че нямаш мъж;

18 защото петима мъже си имала, и този, когото сега имаш, не ти е мъж. Това, което казваш, е вярно.

19 (G)Жената Му каза: Господине, виждам, че Ти си пророк.

20 (H)Нашите бащи на този хълм са се покланяли; а вие казвате, че в Йерусалим е мястото, където трябва да се покланяме.

21 (I)Исус ѝ каза: Жено, вярвай Ми, че идва час, когато нито на този хълм, нито в Йерусалим ще се покланяте на Отца.

22 (J)Вие се покланяте на онова, което не знаете; ние се покланяме на онова, което знаем; защото спасението е от юдеите.

23 (K)Но иде час, и сега е, когато истинските поклонници ще се покланят на Отца с дух и истина; защото такива иска Отец да бъдат поклонниците Му.

24 (L)Бог е Дух; и онези, които Му се покланят, с дух и истина трябва да се покланят.

25 (M)Жената Му каза: Зная, че ще дойде Месия, Който се нарича Христос; Той, когато дойде, ще ни изяви всичко.

26 (N)Исус ѝ каза: Аз, Който говоря с тебе, съм Месията.

27 В това време дойдоха учениците Му и се учудиха, че разговаря с жена; но никой не попита: Какво търсиш?, или: Защо разговаряш с нея?

28 Тогава жената остави стомната си, отиде в града и каза на хората:

29 (O)Елате да видите един Човек, Който ми каза всичко, което съм направила. Да не би Той да е Христос?

30 Те излязоха от града и отиваха при Него.

31 В това време учениците молеха Исус: Учителю, яж.

32 А Той им каза: Аз имам храна да ям, за която вие не знаете.

33 Затова учениците казаха помежду си: Да не би някой да Му е донесъл нещо за ядене?

34 (P)Исус им каза: Моята храна е да изпълня волята на Онзи, Който Ме е пратил, и да довърша Неговото дело.

35 (Q)Не казвате ли: Още четири месеца и жътвата ще дойде? Ето, казвам ви, погледнете и вижте, че нивите са вече бели за жътва.

36 (R)Който жъне, получава заплата и събира плод за вечен живот, за да се радват заедно и който сее, и който жъне.

37 Защото в това отношение вярна е пословицата, че един сее, а друг жъне.

38 Аз ви пратих да жънете това, за което не сте се трудили; други се трудиха, а вие влязохте в наследството на техния труд.

39 И много самаряни от този град повярваха в Него поради думите на жената, която свидетелстваше: Той ми каза всичко, което съм правила.

40 И така, когато самаряните дойдоха при Него, Го помолиха да остане при тях; и Той остана там два дни.

41 И още мнозина повярваха поради Неговото учение;

42 (S)и на жената казаха: Ние вече вярваме не заради това, което ти ни каза, понеже сами чухме и знаем, че Той е наистина Спасителят на света.

Исус Христос изцелява сина на царски чиновник

43 (T)След два дни Той си тръгна оттам и отиде в Галилея.

44 (U)Защото сам Исус заяви, че пророк не е почитан в родината си.

45 (V)И така, когато дойде в Галилея, галилеяните Го приеха, след като бяха видели всичко, което извърши в Йерусалим на празника; защото и те бяха отишли на празника.

46 (W)И така, Исус пак дойде в Кана Галилейска, където беше превърнал водата във вино. И имаше един царски чиновник, чийто син беше болен в Капернаум.

47 Той, като чу, че Исус е дошъл от Юдея в Галилея, отиде при Него и Го помоли да слезе и да изцели сина му, защото беше на умиране.

48 (X)Тогава Исус му каза: Ако не видите знамения и чудеса, никак няма да повярвате.

49 Царският чиновник Му каза: Господине, слез, докато не е умряло детенцето ми.

50 Исус му каза: Иди си; синът ти е жив. Човекът повярва на думите, които му каза Исус, и си отиде.

51 И когато той вече слизаше към дома си, слугите му го посрещнаха и казаха, че синът му е жив.

52 А той ги попита за часа, когато му стана по-леко. Те му казаха: В седмия час треската го остави.

53 И така бащата разбра, че това е станало в същия час, когато Исус му каза: Синът ти е жив. И повярва той и целият му дом.

54 Това второ знамение извърши Исус, когато отново дойде от Юдея в Галилея.

Footnotes

  1. 4:6 От гр. извор.
  2. 4:10 Течаща.

ד הפרושים שמעו שישוע מושך אליו אנשים רבים, ושהטביל תלמידים רבים יותר משהטביל יוחנן (למעשה, תלמידי ישוע הם שהטבילו, ולא הוא עצמו). כשנודע הדבר לישוע, הוא עזב את אזור יהודה וחזר לגליל. לשם כך היה עליו לעבור דרך שומרון.

בשעת הצהריים הגיע ישוע לעיר השומרונית סוכר, השוכנת מול חלקת האדמה שנתן יעקב אבינו ליוסף בנו, ובה באר יעקב. ישוע עייף מהדרך הארוכה ומהחום הכבד, וישב לנוח ליד הבאר. הוא ישב שם לבדו, כי תלמידיו הלכו העירה לקנות אוכל. עד מהרה הגיעה לבאר אישה שומרונית שרצתה לשאוב מים.

"אנא, תני לי לשתות," ביקש ישוע. האישה תמהה על בקשתו הבלתי-רגילה וקראה: "הרי יהודי אתה, ואילו אני שומרונית! אתה יודע שהיהודים אינם מתערבים עם השומרונים. כיצד אתה מבקש ממני לתת לך לשתות?"

10 "אילו ידעת מהי מתנתו של אלוהים ומי הוא האומר לך 'תני לי לשתות', היית מבקשת ממני מים חיים והייתי נותן לך אותם!" השיב ישוע.

11 "מאין לך מים חיים?" תמהה האישה. "הבאר הזאת עמוקה מאוד ואין לך דלי או חבל. 12 מלבד זאת, האם גדול אתה מיעקב אבינו שנתן לנו את הבאר? יעקב עצמו, בני-ביתו וצאנו שתו מהמים האלה! כיצד תוכל להציע מים טובים יותר?"

13 "כל השותה מהמים האלה ישוב ויצמא, 14 אולם מי שישתה מהמים שאני נותן, לא יצמא יותר לעולם! כי מים אלה יהיו בקרבו למעיין של מים חיים לחיי נצח."

15 "באמת?" קראה האישה בהתפעלות. "אנא, תן לי מן המים האלה, כדי שלא אצמא יותר לעולם, ולא אצטרך ללכת את הדרך הארוכה הזאת לשאוב מים."

16 "ברצון," אמר ישוע. "לכי קראי לבעלך, ושובו אלי שניכם."

17 "אולם אין לי בעל," השיבה האישה.

"נכון הדבר," אמר ישוע. 18 "כי חמישה בעלים היו לך, והגבר שאתו את חיה עכשיו אינו בעלך!"

19 "אדוני," קראה האישה בתימהון הולך וגובר, "אני רואה שאתה נביא! 20 אולי תוכל לומר לי מדוע אתם, היהודים, עומדים על כך שירושלים היא המקום היחיד לעבודת האלוהים, בעוד שאנחנו, השומרונים, טוענים שאבותינו עבדו אותו בהר (גריזים) הזה?"

"האמיני לי," השיב ישוע, "המקום אינו חשוב! יבוא יום שלא תשתחוו לאלוהים כאן ולא בירושלים. החשוב הוא לעבוד את האלוהים באמת ובתמים - מכל הלב ובהשראת רוח הקודש, כי זהו מה שאלוהים רוצה מאתנו. אלוהים הוא רוח, והמשתחווה לו צריך להשתחוות בהשראת רוח הקודש. אולם אתם, השומרונים, משתחווים בחוסר דעת כאשר אנחנו, היהודים, משתחווים למה שאנחנו יודעים. כי הישועה באה דרך היהודים. "

25 "אני יודעת שהמשיח עומד לבוא, ושהוא יסביר לנו הכל," אמרה האישה.

26 "אני המדבר אליך, אני הוא!" השיב ישוע. 27 בינתיים חזרו תלמידיו של ישוע מהעיר, והתפלאו לראות אותו מדבר עם אישה, אך איש מהם לא העיר דבר ולא שאל שאלות. 28 האישה השאירה את כדה ליד הבאר ומיהרה חזרה העירה. היא קראה לכולם בהתלהבות: 29 "בואו לראות את האיש שסיפר לי את כל אשר עשיתי! אני חושבת שהוא המשיח!" 30 אנשים באו מהעיר אל הבאר כדי לראות אותו.

31 לפני שהגיע אליהם ההמון האיצו התלמידים בישוע לאכול דבר מה.

32 "יש לי מזון אחר שאינכם יודעים עליו" השיב ישוע.

33 "מי הביא לו אוכל?" שאלו התלמידים איש את רעהו.

34 "מאכלי הוא לעשות את רצון האלוהים אשר שלחני ולהשלים את עבודתו," הסביר ישוע. 35 "אתם באמת חושבים שמלאכת הקציר תחל רק בעוד ארבעה חודשים? הביטו סביבכם, הקמה כבר בשלה ומוכנה לקציר! 36 הקוצרים יקבלו שכר טוב, והם יאספו קציר לחיי נצח כדי שגם הזורע וגם הקוצר ישמחו יחדיו. 37 כך תתאמת האמרה: האחד זורע והשני קוצר. 38 שלחתי אתכם לקצור את מה שלא זרעתם; אחרים עבדו וטרחו, ואתם קוצרים את פרי עמלם."

39 שומרונים רבים מהעיר האמינו שישוע הוא המשיח, כי האישה אמרה: "הוא סיפר לי את כל מה שעשיתי!"

הקהל הרב ביקש מישוע להאריך את שהותו אצלם, והוא נשאר שם יומיים נוספים. בזמן הקצר הזה האמינו בו עוד אנשים רבים לאחר ששמעו את דבריו. 42 "הוא באמת מושיע העולם!" אמרו השומרונים לאישה. "עתה אנחנו מאמינים בו מפני ששמענו אותו בעצמנו, ולא רק משום הדברים שאת סיפרת לנו."

43 בתום שני ימי שהותו בשומרון הלך ישוע לגליל, 44 למרות שאמר: "הנביא זוכה לכבוד ולהערכה בכל מקום, מלבד בעיר מולדתו." 45 ברם, אנשי הגליל התאספו בהמוניהם וקיבלו אותו בזרועות פתוחות, שכן היו בירושלים בחג הפסח וראו את הנפלאות שחולל.

46 ישוע חזר לכפר-קנה שבגליל, היכן שחולל את נס היין. בכפר-נחום היה פקיד אחד בשירות-המלכותי, שבנו היה חולה מאוד. 47 כששמע הפקיד שישוע עזב את יהודה ובא לגליל, הוא הלך לכפר-קנה לפגוש אותו, והתחנן לפניו שיבוא לרפא את בנו הגוסס. 48 "אם לא תראו נסים ונפלאות לא תאמינו," אמר ישוע.

49 "אנא, אדוני, בוא מהר לפני שבני ימות," התחנן הפקיד.

50 "לך לביתך," הרגיע אותו ישוע. "בנך חי ובריא!"

הפקיד האמין לדברי ישוע והלך לביתו. 51 בדרך פגשו אותו משרתיו ובישרו לו שבנו הבריא.

52 "באיזו שעה חלה השינוי במצבו לטובה?" שאל הפקיד.

"אתמול בשעה אחת בצהריים ירד חומו באופן פתאומי," השיבו המשרתים.

53 האב ידע כי בשעה זו בישר לו ישוע על החלמת בנו, והוא וכל בני-ביתו האמינו בישוע.

54 זה היה הנס השני שחולל ישוע בגליל לאחר שובו מיהודה.

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.