Johannes 4
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Jesus och den samariska kvinnan
4 Jesus insåg att fariseerna hade fått höra att han hade fler lärjungar än Johannes och döpte fler – 2 fast det var inte Jesus själv som döpte utan hans lärjungar. 3 Jesus lämnade därför Judeen och återvände till Galileen.
4 På vägen dit var han tvungen att gå genom Samarien[a] 5 och så kom han till en stad i Samarien som heter Sykar och som ligger nära den mark som Jakob gav sin son Josef. 6 Där ligger också Jakobs brunn och eftersom det var mitt på dagen och Jesus var trött av vandringen, satte han sig vid brunnen.
7 Då kom en samarisk kvinna för att hämta vatten och Jesus bad henne: ”Ge mig lite att dricka!” 8 Hans lärjungar hade gått in till staden för att köpa mat. 9 Den samariska kvinnan sa: ”Du som är jude, hur kan du be mig, en samarisk kvinna, om vatten?” Judarna brukade nämligen inte ha något gemensamt med samarierna.
10 Jesus svarade: ”Om du kände till Guds gåva och vem det är som ber dig om något att dricka, så skulle du ha bett honom och han skulle ha gett dig levande vatten.”
11 ”Men, Herre, du har ju varken rep eller kruka”, sa hon, ”och brunnen är djup. Varifrån ska du få levande vatten? 12 Du är väl inte större än vår förfader Jakob som gav oss den här brunnen och som han själv och hans söner och boskap drack av?”
13 Jesus svarade: ”Den som dricker av det här vattnet blir snart törstig igen. 14 Men den som dricker av det vatten jag ger blir aldrig i evighet törstig igen för mitt vatten blir en källa inom honom som porlar fram och ger evigt liv.”
15 ”Herre”, sa kvinnan, ”ge mig av det vattnet, så att jag aldrig mer blir törstig och slipper gå ut hit och hämta vatten!”
16 Men Jesus sa: ”Gå och hämta din man!”
17 ”Jag har ingen man”, svarade kvinnan.
”Du har rätt när du säger att du inte har någon man”, sa Jesus. 18 ”Du har haft fem män och den du har nu är inte din man. Där höll du dig till sanningen.”
19 ”Herre”, sa kvinnan, ”jag ser att du är en profet. 20 Våra förfäder har tillbett på det här berget[b], men ni säger att den plats där man ska tillbe finns i Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus sa till henne: ”Tro mig, kvinna det kommer en tid då det varken är på det här berget eller i Jerusalem som ni ska tillbe Fadern. 22 Ni tillber vad ni inte känner. Vi tillber vad vi känner eftersom räddningen kommer från judarna. 23 Men den tid kommer, ja, den har redan kommit, då sanna tillbedjare tillber Fadern i ande och sanning, för det är sådana tillbedjare Fadern söker. 24 Gud är Ande och de som tillber honom måste tillbe i ande och sanning.”
25 Kvinnan sa: ”Ja, jag vet att Messias ska komma, han som kallas Kristus, och när han kommer ska han förklara allt för oss.”
26 Då sa Jesus till henne: ”Det är jag, den som talar till dig.”
27 Just då kom hans lärjungar tillbaka. De blev mycket förvånade över att han talade med en kvinna, men ingen av dem frågade honom varför han talade med henne eller vad de talade om.
28 Men kvinnan lämnade sin vattenkruka vid brunnen och gick tillbaka till staden och sa till alla: 29 ”Kom så får ni träffa en man som kunde säga mig allt vad jag har gjort! Kan han vara Messias?” 30 Och folket strömmade ut från staden för att träffa Jesus.
31 Under tiden ville lärjungarna ge sin Mästare något att äta 32 men han sa: ”Jag har mat som ni inte känner till.”
33 Hans lärjungar sa då till varandra: ”Kan någon ha kommit hit och gett honom mat?”
34 Då sa Jesus: ”Min mat är att göra hans vilja som har sänt mig och att slutföra det uppdrag han har gett mig. 35 Ni säger att om fyra månader är det dags att skörda. Men jag säger: Se er omkring! Fälten har redan ljusnat och är mogna för skörd. 36 Redan nu får skördearbetaren sin lön. Han skördar frukt till evigt liv så att både den som sår och den som skördar får glädjas tillsammans. 37 För här gäller ordspråket: en sår och en annan skördar. 38 Jag har sänt ut er för att skörda där ni inte har arbetat. Andra har utfört arbetet och ni ska få lön för deras möda.”
Många samarier kommer till tro
39 Många samarier från den staden kom till tro på honom när de hörde kvinnan vittna: ”Han kunde säga mig allt vad jag har gjort.” 40 Så när samarierna kom ut till honom bad de honom att stanna hos dem och han stannade där i två dagar. 41 När de då fick höra honom själv tala, var det ännu fler som började tro på honom 42 och de sa till kvinnan: ”Nu är det inte längre det som du berättade för oss som får oss att tro. Nej, nu har vi själva hört honom och förstått att han verkligen är den som ska rädda världen.”
Jesus botar en kunglig tjänstemans son
43 Efter de två dagarna fortsatte Jesus till Galileen. 44 Han hade själv vittnat om att en profet inte blir respekterad i sin egen hemstad. 45 Men när han nu kom till Galileen, tog galileerna emot honom med öppna armar eftersom de hade varit i Jerusalem under påskhögtiden och sett vad han gjort där.
46 I Galileen kom han också tillbaka till Kana där han en gång hade förvandlat vatten till vin. En man i kunglig[c] tjänst hade en son som låg sjuk i Kafarnaum. 47 När mannen därför fick höra att Jesus hade kommit från Judeen och var i Galileen, gick han till honom och bad honom att följa med till Kafarnaum för att bota hans son som låg döende.
48 Jesus sa: ”Ni tror inte, om ni inte får se tecken och under!”
49 Mannen bad: ”Herre, kom innan mitt barn dör!”
50 Då sa Jesus till honom: ”Gå hem igen! Din son lever.” Mannen trodde på vad Jesus sa och gick. 51 Medan han fortfarande var på väg, möttes han av sina tjänare som meddelade att pojken levde. 52 Han frågade dem då vid vilken tid på dagen pojken hade börjat bli bättre och de svarade: ”Igår eftermiddag vid ettiden försvann febern.” 53 Då förstod fadern att det hade hänt i samma stund som Jesus hade sagt till honom: ”Din son lever.” Och tjänstemannen och alla i hans hus började tro på Jesus.
54 Detta var det andra tecknet Jesus gjorde och han gjorde det när han hade kommit från Judeen till Galileen.
Footnotes
- 4:4 Samarien låg mellan Galileen och Judeen. Invånarna var judar som uppblandats med andra folk. Det rådde fiendskap mellan dem och judarna.
- 4:20 Samarierna hade ett eget tempel på berget Gerissim.
- 4:46 Mannen arbetade för kung Herodes, som styrde över Galileen och Pereen och var son till den Herodes som regerade då Jesus föddes.
John 4
Common English Bible
Jesus leaves Judea
4 Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was making more disciples and baptizing more than John (2 although Jesus’ disciples were baptizing, not Jesus himself). 3 Therefore, he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
Jesus in Samaria
4 Jesus had to go through Samaria. 5 He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his journey, so he sat down at the well. It was about noon.
7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some food.
9 The Samaritan woman asked, “Why do you, a Jewish man, ask for something to drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (Jews and Samaritans didn’t associate with each other.)
10 Jesus responded, “If you recognized God’s gift and who is saying to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would be asking him and he would give you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have a bucket and the well is deep. Where would you get this living water? 12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave this well to us, and he drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will never be thirsty and will never need to come here to draw water!”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, get your husband, and come back here.”
17 The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.”
“You are right to say, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus answered. 18 “You’ve had five husbands, and the man you are with now isn’t your husband. You’ve spoken the truth.”
19 The woman said, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You and your people worship what you don’t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the time is coming—and is here!—when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way. 24 God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that the Messiah is coming, the one who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will teach everything to us.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I Am—the one who speaks with you.”[a]
27 Just then, Jesus’ disciples arrived and were shocked that he was talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 The woman put down her water jar and went into the city. She said to the people, 29 “Come and see a man who has told me everything I’ve done! Could this man be the Christ?” 30 They left the city and were on their way to see Jesus.
31 In the meantime the disciples spoke to Jesus, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
32 Jesus said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
33 The disciples asked each other, “Has someone brought him food?”
34 Jesus said to them, “I am fed by doing the will of the one who sent me and by completing his work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘Four more months and then it’s time for harvest’? Look, I tell you: open your eyes and notice that the fields are already ripe for the harvest. 36 Those who harvest are receiving their pay and gathering fruit for eternal life so that those who sow and those who harvest can celebrate together. 37 This is a true saying, that one sows and another harvests. 38 I have sent you to harvest what you didn’t work hard for; others worked hard, and you will share in their hard work.”
39 Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman’s word when she testified, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of his word, 42 and they said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this one is truly the savior of the world.”
Jesus arrives in Galilee
43 After two days Jesus left for Galilee. (44 Jesus himself had testified that prophets have no honor in their own country.) 45 When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the festival, for they also had been at the festival.
Jesus’ second miraculous sign in Galilee
46 He returned to Cana in Galilee where he had turned the water into wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick. 47 When he heard that Jesus was coming from Judea to Galilee, he went out to meet him and asked Jesus if he would come and heal his son, for his son was about to die. 48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you see miraculous signs and wonders, you won’t believe.”
49 The royal official said to him, “Lord, come before my son dies.”
50 Jesus replied, “Go home. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and set out for his home.
51 While he was on his way, his servants were already coming to meet him. They said, “Your son lives!” 52 So he asked them at what time his son had started to get better. And they said, “The fever left him yesterday at about one o’clock in the afternoon.” 53 Then the father realized that this was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus. 54 This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did while going from Judea to Galilee.
Footnotes
- John 4:26 Or It is I, the one who speaks with you.
John 4
King James Version
4 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 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.
6 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.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 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.
John 4
New King James Version
A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah
4 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and (A)baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), 3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 But He needed to go through Samaria.
5 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. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 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.
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