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John 4
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John 4
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Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman
4 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(A)— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.
4 Now he had to go through Samaria.(C) 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(D) 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(E) 8 (His disciples had gone into the town(F) to buy food.)
9 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
- John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used
John 4
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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.
Ioan 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Ioan 4
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Samariteanca
4 Domnul a aflat că fariseii au auzit că El face şi botează(A) mai mulţi ucenici decât Ioan. 2 Însă Isus nu boteza El Însuşi, ci ucenicii Lui. 3 Atunci a părăsit Iudeea şi S-a întors în Galileea. 4 Fiindcă trebuia să treacă prin Samaria, 5 a ajuns lângă o cetate din ţinutul Samariei, numită Sihar, aproape de ogorul pe(B) care-l dăduse Iacov fiului său Iosif. 6 Acolo se afla fântâna lui Iacov. Isus, ostenit de călătorie, şedea lângă fântână. Era cam pe la ceasul al şaselea. 7 A venit o femeie din Samaria să scoată apă. „Dă-Mi să beau”, i-a zis Isus. 8 Căci ucenicii Lui se duseseră în cetate să cumpere de ale mâncării. 9 Femeia samariteancă I-a zis: „Cum Tu, iudeu, ceri să bei de la mine, femeie samariteancă?” Iudeii(C), în adevăr, n-au legături cu samaritenii. 10 Drept răspuns, Isus i-a zis: „Dacă ai fi cunoscut tu darul lui Dumnezeu şi cine este Cel ce-ţi zice: ‘Dă-Mi să beau!’ tu singură ai fi cerut să bei, şi El ţi-ar fi dat apă(D) vie.” 11 „Doamne”, I-a zis femeia, „n-ai cu ce să scoţi apă, şi fântâna este adâncă, de unde ai putea să ai dar această apă vie? 12 Eşti Tu oare mai mare decât părintele nostru Iacov, care ne-a dat fântâna aceasta şi a băut din ea el însuşi şi feciorii lui şi vitele lui?” 13 Isus i-a răspuns: „Oricui bea din apa aceasta îi va fi iarăşi sete. 14 Dar oricui(E) va bea din apa pe care i-o voi da Eu în veac nu-i va fi sete, ba încă apa pe care i-o voi da Eu se(F) va preface în el într-un izvor de apă, care va ţâşni în viaţa veşnică.” 15 „Doamne”, I-a zis(G) femeia, „dă-mi această apă, ca să nu-mi mai fie sete şi să nu mai vin până aici să scot”. 16 „Du-te”, i-a zis Isus, „de cheamă pe bărbatul tău şi vino aici”. 17 Femeia I-a răspuns: „N-am bărbat”. Isus i-a zis: „Bine ai zis că n-ai bărbat. 18 Pentru că cinci bărbaţi ai avut, şi acela pe care-l ai acum nu-ţi este bărbat. Aici ai spus adevărul.” 19 „Doamne”, I-a zis femeia, „văd(H) că eşti proroc. 20 Părinţii noştri s-au închinat pe muntele acesta(I), şi voi ziceţi că în Ierusalim(J) este locul unde trebuie să se închine oamenii.” 21 „Femeie”, i-a zis Isus, „crede-Mă că vine ceasul când(K) nu vă veţi închina Tatălui nici pe muntele acesta, nici în Ierusalim. 22 Voi vă închinaţi la ce(L) nu cunoaşteţi, noi ne închinăm la ce cunoaştem, căci(M) mântuirea vine de la iudei. 23 Dar vine ceasul, şi acum a şi venit, când închinătorii adevăraţi se vor închina Tatălui în duh(N) şi(O) în adevăr, fiindcă astfel de închinători doreşte şi Tatăl. 24 Dumnezeu(P) este Duh, şi cine se închină Lui trebuie să I se închine în duh şi în adevăr.” 25 „Ştiu”, i-a zis femeia, „că are să vină Mesia (căruia I se zise Hristos); când va veni El, are să ne(Q) spună toate lucrurile”. 26 Isus i-a zis: „Eu(R), cel care vorbesc cu tine, sunt Acela”.
Trezirea din Samaria
27 Atunci au venit ucenicii Lui şi se mirau că vorbea cu o femeie. Totuşi niciunul nu I-a zis: „Ce cauţi?” sau „Despre ce vorbeşti cu ea?” 28 Atunci, femeia şi-a lăsat găleata, s-a dus în cetate şi a zis oamenilor: 29 „Veniţi de vedeţi un om care(S) mi-a spus tot ce am făcut. Nu cumva este acesta Hristosul?” 30 Ei au ieşit din cetate şi veneau spre El. 31 În timpul acesta, ucenicii Îl rugau să mănânce şi ziceau: „Învăţătorule, mănâncă!” 32 Dar El le-a zis: „Eu am de mâncat o mâncare pe care voi n-o cunoaşteţi”. 33 Ucenicii au început să-şi zică deci unii altora: „Nu cumva I-a adus cineva să mănânce?” 34 Isus le-a zis: „Mâncarea(T) Mea este să fac voia Celui ce M-a trimis şi să împlinesc lucrarea Lui. 35 Nu ziceţi voi că mai sunt patru luni până la seceriş? Iată, Eu vă spun: Ridicaţi-vă ochii şi priviţi holdele, care(U) sunt albe acum, gata pentru seceriş. 36 Cine(V) seceră primeşte o plată şi strânge rod pentru viaţa veşnică, pentru ca şi cel ce seamănă şi cel ce seceră să se bucure în acelaşi timp. 37 Căci, în această privinţă, este adevărată zicerea: ‘Unul seamănă, iar altul seceră’. 38 Eu v-am trimis să seceraţi acolo unde nu voi v-aţi ostenit, alţii s-au ostenit, şi voi aţi intrat în osteneala lor.” 39 Mulţi samariteni din cetatea aceea au crezut în Isus din pricina(W) mărturiei femeii, care zicea: „Mi-a spus tot ce am făcut”. 40 Când au venit samaritenii la El, L-au rugat să rămână la ei. Şi El a rămas acolo două zile. 41 Mult mai mulţi au crezut în El din pricina cuvintelor Lui. 42 Şi ziceau femeii: „Acum nu mai credem din pricina spuselor tale, ci din pricină că L-am auzit noi înşine(X) şi ştim că Acesta este în adevăr Hristosul, Mântuitorul lumii”.
Vindecarea fiului unui slujbaş împărătesc
43 După aceste două zile, Isus a plecat de acolo ca să se ducă în Galileea. 44 Căci(Y) El Însuşi spusese că un proroc nu este preţuit în patria(Z) sa. 45 Când a ajuns în Galileea, a fost primit bine de galileeni, care văzuseră tot ce făcuse la Ierusalim în timpul praznicului; căci(AA) fuseseră şi ei la praznic. 46 Isus S-a întors deci în Cana din Galileea, unde(AB) prefăcuse apa în vin. În Capernaum era un slujbaş împărătesc al cărui fiu era bolnav. 47 Slujbaşul acesta a aflat că Isus venise din Iudeea în Galileea, s-a dus la El şi L-a rugat să vină şi să tămăduiască pe fiul lui, care era pe moarte. 48 Isus i-a zis: „Dacă(AC) nu vedeţi semne şi minuni, cu niciun chip nu credeţi!” 49 Slujbaşul împărătesc I-a zis: „Doamne, vino până nu moare micuţul meu”. 50 „Du-te”, i-a zis Isus, „fiul tău trăieşte”. Şi omul acela a crezut cuvintele pe care i le spusese Isus şi a pornit la drum. 51 Pe când se pogora el, l-au întâmpinat robii lui şi i-au adus vestea că fiul lui trăieşte. 52 El i-a întrebat de ceasul în care a început să-i fie mai bine. Şi ei i-au zis: „Ieri, în ceasul al şaptelea, l-au lăsat frigurile”. 53 Tatăl a cunoscut că tocmai în ceasul acela îi zisese Isus: „Fiul tău trăieşte”. Şi a crezut el şi toată casa lui. 54 Acesta este iarăşi al doilea semn făcut de Isus după ce S-a întors din Iudeea în Galileea.
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