John 4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 4
1 [a]Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, just his disciples),[b] 3 he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
The Samaritan Woman. 4 He had to[c] pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar,[d] near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(A) 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. 9 [e]The Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?”(B) (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) 10 [f]Jesus answered and said to her,(C) “If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 [The woman] said to him, “Sir,[g] you do not even have a bucket and the well is deep; where then can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks?”(D) 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; 14 but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”(E) 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go call your husband and come back.” 17 The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus answered her, “You are right in saying, ‘I do not have a husband.’ 18 For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.”(F) 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.(G) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain;[h] but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”(H) 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people worship what you do not understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is from the Jews.(I) 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth;[i] and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.”(J) 25 [j]The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming,(K) the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I am he,[k] the one who is speaking with you.”(L)
27 At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman,[l] but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people, 29 “Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 They went out of the town and came to him. 31 Meanwhile, the disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.(M) 35 Do you not say, ‘In four months[m] the harvest will be here’? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.(N) 36 The reaper is already[n] receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.(O) 37 For here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’(P) 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work.”
39 Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him because of the word of the woman[o] who testified, “He told me everything I have done.” 40 When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 Many more began to believe in him because of his word, 42 and they said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the savior of the world.”(Q)
Return to Galilee. 43 [p]After the two days, he left there for Galilee. 44 [q](R)For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place. 45 When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.
Second Sign at Cana.[r] 46 (S)Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. 48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”(T) 49 The royal official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “You may go; your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.(U) 51 While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live. 52 He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, “The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon.” 53 The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he and his whole household came to believe. 54 [Now] this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.(V)
Footnotes
- 4:1–42 Jesus in Samaria. The self-revelation of Jesus continues with his second discourse, on his mission to “half-Jews.” It continues the theme of replacement, here with regard to cult (Jn 4:21). Water (Jn 4:7–15) serves as a symbol (as at Cana and in the Nicodemus episode).
- 4:2 An editorial refinement of Jn 3:22, perhaps directed against followers of John the Baptist who claimed that Jesus imitated him.
- 4:4 He had to: a theological necessity; geographically, Jews often bypassed Samaria by taking a route across the Jordan.
- 4:5 Sychar: Jerome identifies this with Shechem, a reading found in Syriac manuscripts.
- 4:9 Samaritan women were regarded by Jews as ritually impure, and therefore Jews were forbidden to drink from any vessel they had handled.
- 4:10 Living water: the water of life, i.e., the revelation that Jesus brings; the woman thinks of “flowing water,” so much more desirable than stagnant well water. On John’s device of such misunderstanding, cf. note on Jn 3:3.
- 4:11 Sir: the Greek kyrios means “master” or “lord,” as a respectful mode of address for a human being or a deity; cf. Jn 4:19. It is also the word used in the Septuagint for the Hebrew ’adônai, substituted for the tetragrammaton YHWH.
- 4:20 This mountain: Gerizim, on which a temple was erected in the fourth century B.C. by Samaritans to rival Mount Zion in Jerusalem; cf. Dt 27:4 (Mount Ebal = the Jews’ term for Gerizim).
- 4:23 In Spirit and truth: not a reference to an interior worship within one’s own spirit. The Spirit is the spirit given by God that reveals truth and enables one to worship God appropriately (Jn 14:16–17). Cf. “born of water and Spirit” (Jn 3:5).
- 4:25 The expectations of the Samaritans are expressed here in Jewish terminology. They did not expect a messianic king of the house of David but a prophet like Moses (Dt 18:15).
- 4:26 I am he: it could also be translated “I am,” an Old Testament self-designation of Yahweh (Is 43:3, etc.); cf. Jn 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5–6, 8. See note on Mk 6:50.
- 4:27 Talking with a woman: a religious and social restriction that Jesus is pictured treating as unimportant.
- 4:35 ‘In four months… ’: probably a proverb; cf. Mt 9:37–38.
- 4:36 Already: this word may go with the preceding verse rather than with Jn 4:36.
- 4:39 The woman is presented as a missionary, described in virtually the same words as the disciples are in Jesus’ prayer (Jn 17:20).
- 4:43–54 Jesus’ arrival in Cana in Galilee; the second sign. This section introduces another theme, that of the life-giving word of Jesus. It is explicitly linked to the first sign (Jn 2:11). The royal official believes (Jn 4:50). The natural life given his son is a sign of eternal life.
- 4:44 Probably a reminiscence of a tradition as in Mk 6:4. Cf. Gospel of Thomas 31: “No prophet is acceptable in his village, no physician heals those who know him.”
- 4:46–54 The story of the cure of the royal official’s son may be a third version of the cure of the centurion’s son (Mt 8:5–13) or servant (Lk 7:1–10). Cf. also Mt 15:21–28; Mk 7:24–30.
Juan 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Si Jesus at ang Babaeng Taga-Samaria
4 1-2 Nabalitaan ng mga Pariseo na mas marami na ang mga tagasunod ni Jesus kaysa kay Juan, at mas marami na ang nabautismuhan niya. (Kahit na hindi mismong si Jesus ang nagbabautismo kundi ang mga tagasunod niya.) Nang malaman ni Jesus na nabalitaan ito ng mga Pariseo, 3 umalis siya sa Judea at bumalik sa Galilea. 4 Para makabalik sa Galilea, kailangan niyang dumaan sa Samaria.
5 Nang dumadaan na sila sa Samaria, dumating sila sa isang bayan na tinatawag na Sycar, malapit sa lupaing ibinigay ni Jacob sa anak niyang si Jose. 6 May balon doon na ginawa ni Jacob. Dahil tanghaling-tapat na noon at pagod na si Jesus sa paglalakbay, umupo siya sa tabi ng balon para magpahinga. 7-8 Tumuloy naman ang mga tagasunod niya sa bayan upang bumili ng pagkain. Habang nakaupo si Jesus, dumating ang isang babaeng taga-Samaria para umigib. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Pwede bang makiinom?” 9 Sumagot ang babae, “Kayo po ay isang Judio at ako ay Samaritano, at babae pa.[a] Bakit po kayo makikiinom sa akin?” (Sinabi niya ito dahil hindi nakikitungo ang mga Judio sa mga Samaritano.) 10 Sinabi ni Jesus sa babae, “Kung alam mo lang ang ipinagkakaloob ng Dios, at kung sino ang nakikiinom sa iyo, baka ikaw pa ang manghingi sa akin para bigyan kita ng tubig na nagbibigay-buhay.” 11 Sinabi ng babae, “Malalim po ang balon at wala kayong pang-igib. Saan po kayo kukuha ng tubig na nagbibigay-buhay? 12 Higit pa po ba kayo sa ating ninuno na si Jacob na humukay ng balong ito? Siya at ang mga anak niya, pati ang mga hayop niya ay dito umiinom noong araw.” 13 Sumagot si Jesus, “Ang lahat ng umiinom ng tubig na itoʼy muling mauuhaw, 14 pero ang sinumang iinom ng tubig na ibibigay ko ay hindi na muling mauuhaw. Dahil ang tubig na ibibigay ko ay magiging tulad ng isang bukal sa loob niya na magbibigay ng buhay na walang hanggan.” 15 Sinabi ng babae, “Bigyan nʼyo po ako ng tubig na sinasabi nʼyo upang hindi na ako muling mauhaw at hindi ko na kailangan pang pumarito para umigib.” 16 Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Umuwi ka muna at isama mo rito ang iyong asawa.” 17 “Wala po akong asawa,” sagot ng babae. Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Tama ang sinabi mo na wala kang asawa, 18 dahil lima na ang naging asawa mo, at ang kinakasama mo ngayon ay hindi mo tunay na asawa. Nagsasabi ka nga ng totoo.” 19 Sumagot ang babae, “Sa tingin ko, isa po kayong propeta. 20 Ang aming mga ninuno ay sumamba sa Dios sa bundok na ito, pero kayong mga Judio ay nagsasabi na sa Jerusalem lang dapat sumamba ang mga tao.” 21 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Maniwala ka sa akin; darating ang panahon na hindi na kayo sasamba sa Ama sa bundok na ito o sa Jerusalem. 22 Kayo na mga Samaritano ay hindi nakakakilala sa sinasamba ninyo. Ngunit kilala naming mga Judio ang aming sinasamba, dahil sa pamamagitan namin ay ililigtas ng Dios ang mga tao. 23 Tandaan mo, darating ang panahon, at narito na nga, na ang mga tunay na sumasamba ay sasamba sa Ama sa espiritu at katotohanan. Ganito ang uri ng mga sumasamba na hinahanap ng Ama. 24 Ang Dios ay espiritu, kaya ang sumasamba sa kanya ay dapat sumamba sa pamamagitan ng espiritu at katotohanan.”
25 Sinabi ng babae, “Nalalaman ko pong darating ang Mesias na tinatawag ding Cristo. At pagdating niya, ipapaliwanag niya sa amin ang lahat ng bagay.” 26 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Akong nagsasalita sa iyo ngayon ang tinutukoy mo.”
27 Nang sandaling iyon, dumating ang mga tagasunod ni Jesus. Nagtaka sila nang madatnan nilang nakikipag-usap siya sa isang babae. Pero wala ni isa man sa kanila ang nagtanong kung ano ang kailangan niya, at hindi rin sila nagtanong kay Jesus kung bakit nakikipag-usap siya sa babae.
28 Iniwan ng babae ang kanyang banga, bumalik sa bayan at sinabi sa mga taga-roon, 29 “Halikayo! Ipapakita ko sa inyo ang taong alam na alam ang lahat ng ginawa ko! Maaaring siya na nga ang Cristo.” 30 Kaya pinuntahan ng mga tao si Jesus.
31 Samantala, pinapakiusapan ng mga tagasunod niya si Jesus na kumain na. 32 Pero sumagot si Jesus, “May pagkain akong hindi ninyo alam.” 33 Kaya nagtanungan ang mga tagasunod niya, “May nagdala kaya sa kanya ng pagkain?” 34 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Ang pagkain ko ay ang pagsunod sa kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin at ang pagtupad sa kanyang ipinapagawa. 35 Hindi ba sinasabi nʼyo na apat na buwan pa bago ang anihan? Ngunit sinasabi ko sa inyo, anihan na. Tingnan nʼyo ang mga taong dumarating, para silang mga pananim sa bukid na hinog na at pwede nang anihin! 36 Kayong mga tagapag-ani ay tatanggap ng gantimpala mula sa Dios. At ang mga taong inaani ninyo ay bibigyan niya ng buhay na walang hanggan. Kaya magkasamang matutuwa ang nagtanim ng salita ng Dios at ang nag-ani. 37 Totoo ang kasabihang, ‘Iba ang nagtatanim at iba rin ang umaani.’ 38 Sinugo ko kayo upang anihin ang hindi ninyo itinanim. Iba ang nagtanim ng salita ng Dios, at kayo ang umaani ng kanilang pinaghirapan.”
Maraming Samaritano ang Sumampalataya
39 Maraming Samaritano sa bayang iyon ang sumampalataya kay Jesus dahil sa sinabi ng babae na alam ni Jesus ang lahat ng ginawa niya. 40 Kaya pagdating ng mga Samaritano kay Jesus, hiniling nila na manatili muna siya roon sa kanila. At nanatili nga siya sa kanila ng dalawang araw.
41 Dahil sa pangangaral niya, marami pa sa kanila ang sumampalataya. 42 Sinabi ng mga tao sa babae, “Sumasampalataya kami ngayon hindi lang dahil sa sinabi mo sa amin ang tungkol sa kanya, kundi dahil sa narinig namin mismo sa kanya. At alam naming siya nga ang Tagapagligtas ng mundo.”
Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Anak ng Isang Opisyal
43 Pagkatapos ng dalawang araw na pamamalagi roon ni Jesus, umalis siya papuntang Galilea. 44 (Si Jesus mismo ang nagsabi na ang isang propeta ay hindi iginagalang sa sarili niyang bayan.) 45 Nang dumating siya sa Galilea, malugod siyang tinanggap ng mga tao, dahil naroon sila sa Jerusalem noong Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel at nakita nila ang lahat ng ginawa niya roon.
46 Muling bumalik si Jesus sa bayan ng Cana sa Galilea kung saan ginawa niyang alak ang tubig. Doon ay may isang opisyal ng pamahalaan na ang anak na lalaki ay may sakit at nasa Capernaum. 47 Nang mabalitaan niyang bumalik si Jesus sa Galilea mula sa Judea, pinuntahan niya ito. Nakiusap siya kay Jesus na pumunta sa Capernaum at pagalingin ang anak niyang nag-aagaw-buhay. 48 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Hanggaʼt hindi kayo nakakakita ng mga himala at kababalaghan, hindi kayo maniniwala sa akin.” 49 Sumagot ang opisyal, “Sumama na po kayo sa akin bago mamatay ang anak ko.” 50 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Pwede ka nang umuwi. Magaling na ang anak mo.” Naniwala ang opisyal sa sinabi ni Jesus at umuwi siya. 51 Habang nasa daan pa lang ay sinalubong na siya ng mga alipin niya at sinabi sa kanya na magaling na ang anak niya. 52 Kaya tinanong niya kung anong oras ito gumaling. Sumagot sila, “Kahapon po ng mga ala-una ng hapon ay nawala na ang lagnat niya.” 53 Naalala ng opisyal na nang oras ding iyon ay sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus na magaling na ang anak niya. Kaya siya at ang buong pamilya niya ay sumampalataya kay Jesus.
54 Ito ang ikalawang himala na ginawa ni Jesus sa Galilea pagkagaling niya sa Judea.
Footnotes
- 4:9 Ang mga Judio at mga Samaritano noon ay hindi nakikitungo sa isaʼt isa, lalo na ang mga lalaki sa babae.
约翰福音 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
井边谈道
4 1-3 耶稣得知法利赛人听见祂收门徒、为人施洗比约翰还多，便离开犹太回加利利。其实不是耶稣亲自施洗，而是祂的门徒施洗。 4 祂回加利利的路上必须经过撒玛利亚。 5 于是，祂来到撒玛利亚的一座城，名叫叙加，靠近雅各留给他儿子约瑟的那块地。 6 雅各井就在那个地方。耶稣走路疲乏，坐在井旁休息。那时是中午时分， 7-8 门徒都进城买食物去了。有一个撒玛利亚的妇人来打水，耶稣说：“请你给我一点水吧。”
9 撒玛利亚妇人说：“你是个犹太人，怎么向我这撒玛利亚妇人要水喝？”原来犹太人和撒玛利亚人互不往来。
10 耶稣回答说：“要是你知道上帝的恩赐，又知道向你要水喝的是谁，你早就求祂了，祂也早就把活水给你了。”
11 妇人说：“先生，你没有打水的器具，井又深，你从哪里得到活水呢？ 12 我们的祖先雅各把这口井留给我们，他自己和他的儿女、牲畜都喝这井里的水，难道你比他更伟大吗？”
13 耶稣说：“人喝了这井里的水，还会再渴， 14 但是喝了我所赐的活水，永远不会再渴。我所赐的水要在他里面成为生命的泉源，涌流不息，直到永生。”
15 妇人说：“先生，请你把这种水赐给我，我就不会再渴了，也用不着来打水了。”
16 耶稣说：“去叫你的丈夫来。”
17 妇人说：“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说：“你说的对，你没有丈夫， 18 因为你已经有过五个丈夫了，现在和你同居的也不是你的丈夫。你说的是实话。”
19 妇人说：“先生，你一定是先知。 20 我们的祖先一向都是在这山上敬拜上帝，你们却说耶路撒冷才是敬拜的地方。”
21 耶稣回答说：“妇人，你当信我。时候快到了，你们将不在这山上，也不在耶路撒冷敬拜父。 22 你们不知道你们敬拜的是谁，我们知道我们敬拜的是谁，因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。 23 时候快到了，其实就是现在，真正敬拜父的，要用心灵按真理敬拜祂，因为父寻找的正是这样敬拜祂的人。 24 上帝是灵，所以必须用心灵按真理敬拜祂。”
25 妇人说：“据我所知，那被称为基督的弥赛亚要来。祂来了，会把一切都告诉我们。”
26 耶稣说：“我这跟你说话的人就是祂。”
27 这时，门徒回来了，看见耶稣和一个妇人谈话，感到惊奇，可是没有人问：“你想要什么？”或问：“你为什么和她说话？”
28 那妇人撇下水罐，回到城里，对人们说： 29 “你们快来看啊！有一个人把我过去的事全部说了出来。莫非祂就是基督？” 30 众人听了就到城外去看耶稣。
撒种与收割
31 其间，门徒对耶稣说：“老师，请吃点东西吧。”
32 耶稣说：“我有食物吃，是你们不知道的。”
33 门徒彼此议论说：“难道有人给祂吃的了？”
34 耶稣说：“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨意，完成祂的工作。 35 你们不是说还有四个月才到收割的时候吗？举目向田观看吧，庄稼已经熟了，可以收割了。 36 收割的人不但可以得到报酬，而且可以为永生收获果实，叫撒种的和收割的一同快乐。 37 俗语说得好，‘那人撒种，这人收割。’ 38 我派你们去收割那些你们没有劳作的庄稼，别人劳苦，你们享受他们劳苦的成果。”
39 那城里有许多撒玛利亚人信了耶稣，因为那妇人做见证说：“祂将我以前做的一切事情都说了出来。” 40 撒玛利亚人来见耶稣，恳求祂留下来，祂就在那里住了两天。 41 因为耶稣传的道，信的人更多了。 42 他们对那妇人说：“现在我们信，不再是因为你的话，而是我们亲耳听见了，知道祂真的是救世主。”
耶稣治好大臣的儿子
43 两天后，耶稣动身前往加利利。 44 祂以前说过：“先知在他本乡不受人尊敬。” 45 然而，祂回到加利利却受到当地的人欢迎，因为他们上耶路撒冷过节时，看见了祂所做的一切。
46 祂又到了加利利的迦拿，就是祂从前把水变成酒的地方。有一个大臣的儿子在迦百农患了病。 47 大臣听说耶稣从犹太来到加利利，立刻赶来见祂，求祂去医治他病危的儿子。
48 耶稣对他说：“你们不看见神迹奇事，总不相信。”
49 大臣说：“先生，趁我的孩子还没死，求你赶快去！”
50 耶稣说：“回去吧，你的儿子好了。”他相信耶稣的话，就回去了。
51 他途中遇见奴仆来报信说他儿子好了， 52 就问什么时候好的。仆人说：“昨天下午一点钟，烧就退了。”
53 他想起正是那时候耶稣对他说：“你的儿子好了！”他和全家都信了。
54 这是耶稣从犹太回到加利利后所行的第二个神迹。
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.
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