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.
John 4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman
4 When Jesus[a] knew that the Pharisees(A) heard He was making(B) and baptizing more disciples than John(C) 2 (though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), 3 He left Judea(D) and went again to Galilee.(E) 4 He had to travel through Samaria,(F) 5 so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property[b] that Jacob(G) had given his son Joseph.(H) 6 Jacob’s well(I) was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.[c]
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water.(J)
“Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her, 8 for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.
9 “How is it that You, a Jew,(K) ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan(L) woman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with[d] Samaritans.[e]
10 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God,(M) and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”(N)
11 “Sir,”(O) said the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’? 12 You aren’t greater than our father Jacob,(P) are You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”
13 Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever!(Q) In fact, the water I will give him will become a well[f](R) of water springing up within him for eternal life.”(S)
15 “Sir,” the woman said to Him, “give me this water so I won’t get thirsty and come here to draw water.”
16 “Go call your husband,” He told her, “and come back here.”
17 “I don’t have a husband,” she answered.
“You have correctly said, ‘I don’t have a husband,’” Jesus said. 18 “For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,[g](T) yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.”(U)
21 Jesus told her, “Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans[h] worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.(V) 23 But an hour is coming, and is now here,(W) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him. 24 God is spirit,(X) and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”(Y)
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah[i](Z) is coming” (who is called Christ(AA)). “When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 “I am He,”(AB) Jesus told her, “the One speaking to you.”
The Ripened Harvest
27 Just then His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do You want?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
28 Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”(AC) 30 They left the town and made their way to Him.(AD)
31 In the meantime the disciples kept urging Him, “Rabbi,(AE) eat something.”
32 But He said, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
33 The disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”
34 “My food is to do the will of Him(AF) who sent Me(AG) and to finish His work,”(AH) Jesus told them. 35 “Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open[j] your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready[k] for harvest. 36 The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life,(AI) so the sower and reaper can rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’(AJ) 38 I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from[l] their labor.”
The Savior of the World
39 Now many Samaritans(AK) from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said[m] when she testified,(AL) “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him,(AM) they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of what He said.[n] 42 And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior(AN) of the world.”[o]
A Galilean Welcome
43 After two days He left there for Galilee.(AO) 44 Jesus Himself testified(AP) that a prophet has no honor in his own country.(AQ) 45 When(AR) they entered Galilee, the Galileans(AS) welcomed Him because they had seen everything He did in Jerusalem(AT) during the festival.(AU) For they also had gone to the festival.
The Second Sign: Healing an Official’s Son
46 Then He went again to Cana(AV) of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.(AW) 47 When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea(AX) into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.
48 Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders,(AY) you will not believe.”(AZ)
49 “Sir,”(BA) the official said to Him, “come down before my boy dies!”
50 “Go,” Jesus told him, “your son will live.” The man believed what[p] Jesus said to him and departed.
51 While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive. 52 He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at seven in the morning[q] the fever left him,” they answered. 53 The father(BB) realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.
54 This, therefore, was the second sign(BC) Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.(BD)
Footnotes
- John 4:1 Other mss read the Lord
- John 4:5 Lit piece of land
- John 4:6 Lit the sixth hour; see note at Jn 1:39; an alt. time reckoning would be noon
- John 4:9 Or do not share vessels with
- John 4:9 Other mss omit For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.
- John 4:14 Or spring
- John 4:20 Mount Gerizim, where there had been a Samaritan temple that rivaled Jerusalem’s
- John 4:22 Samaritans is implied since the Gk verb and pronoun are pl.
- John 4:25 In the NT, the word Messiah translates the Gk word Christos (“Anointed One”), except here and in Jn 1:41 where it translates Messias.
- John 4:35 Lit Raise
- John 4:35 Lit white
- John 4:38 Lit you have entered into
- John 4:39 Lit because of the woman’s word
- John 4:41 Lit because of His word
- John 4:42 Other mss add the Messiah
- John 4:50 Lit the word
- John 4:52 Or seven in the evening; lit at the seventh hour; see note at Jn 1:39; an alt time reckoning would be at one in the afternoon
Йоан 4
Bulgarian Bible
4 Прочее, Когато Господ узна, че фарисеите чули, какво Исус придобивал и кръщавал повече ученици от Иоана,
2 (не че сам Исус кръщаваше, а учениците Му),
3 напусна Юдея и отиде пак в Галилея.
4 И трябваше да мине през Самария.
5 И така, дойде в един самарийски град наречен Сихар, близо до землището, което Яков даде на сина си Иосифа.
6 Там беше Яковият кладенец Гръцки: Извор.>. Исус, прочее, уморен от пътуването, седеше така на кладенеца. Беше около шестият час.
7 Дохожда една самарянка да си начерпи вода. Казва - Исус: Дай Ми да пия.
8 (Защото учениците Му бяха отишли в града да купят храна).
9 Впрочем, самарянката Му казва: Как Ти, Който си юдеин, искаш вода от мене, която съм самарянка? (Защото юдеите не се сношават със самаряните).
10 Исус в отговор - каза: Ако би 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 вода?
11 Казва Му жената: Господине, нито почерпало имаш, и кладенецът е дълбок; тогава отгде имаш живата вода?
12 Нима си по-голям от баща ни Якова, който ни е дал кладенеца, и сам той е пил от него, и чадата му, и добитъкът му?
13 Исус в отговор - каза: Всеки, който пие от тая вода, пак ще ожаднее;
14 а който пие от водата, която Аз ще му дам, няма да ожаднее до века; но водата, която ще му дам, ще стане в него извор на вода, която извира за вечен живот.
15 Казва Му жената: Господине, дай ми тая вода, за да не ожаднявам нито да извървявам толкова път до тук да изваждам.
16 Казва - Исус: Иди, повикай мъжа си и дойди тука.
17 В отговор жената Му каза: Нямам мъж. Казва - Исус: Право каза, че нямаш мъж;
18 защото петима мъже си водила, и този, който сега имаш не ти е мъж. Това си право казала.
19 Казва Му жената: Господине, виждам, че Ти си пророк.
20 Нашите бащи в тоя хълм са се покланяли; а вие казвате, че в Ерусалим е мястото гдето трябва да се покланяме.
21 Казва - Исус: Жено, вярвай Ми, че иде час, когато нито само в тоя хълм, нито в Ерусалим ще се покланяте на Отца.
22 Вие се покланяте на онова, което не знаете; ние се покланяме не онова, което знаем; защото спасението е от юдеите.
23 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 Бог е дух; и ония, които Му се покланят, с дух и истина трябва да се покланят.
25 Казва му жената: Зная, че ще дойде Месия (който се нарича Христос); Той, когато дойде, ще ни яви всичко.
26 Казва - Исус: Аз, Който се разговарям с тебе съм Месия.
27 В това време дойдоха учениците Му, и се почудиха, че се разговаря с жена; но никой не рече: Какво търсиш? или: Защо разговаряш с нея?
28 Тогава жената остави стомната си, отиде в града и каза на хората:
29 Дойдете да видите човек, който ми каза всичко, което съм сторила. Да не би Той да е Христос?
30 Те излязоха от града и отиваха към Него.
31 Между това учениците молеха Исуса, казвайки: Учителю, яж.
32 А Той им рече: Аз имам храна да ям, за която вие не знаете.
33 Затова учениците думаха помежду си: Да не би някой да Му е донесъл нещо за ядене?
34 Каза им Исус: Моята храна е да върша волята на Онзи, Който ме е пратил, и да върша Неговата работа.
35 Не казвате ли: Още четири месеца и жетвата ще дойде? Ето, казвам ви, подигнете очите си и вижте, че нивите са вече бели за жетва.
36 Който жъне получава заплата, и събира плод за вечен живот, за да се радвате заедно и който сее и който жъне.
37 Защото в това отношение истинна е думата, 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 от тоя град много самаряни повярваха в Него поради думите на жената, която свидетелствуваше: Той ми каза всичко, което съм сторила.
40 И тъй, когато дойдоха самаряните при Него, помолиха Го да остане при тях; и преседя там два дни.
41 И още мнозина повярваха поради неговото учение;
42 и на жената казаха: Ние вярваме, не вече поради твоето говорене, понеже сами чухме и знаем, че той е наистина [Христос] Спасителят на света.
43 След два дни Той излезе оттам и отиде в Галилея.
44 Защото сам Исус заяви, че пророк няма почит в родината си.
45 И тъй, когато дойде в Галилея, галилеяните Го приеха, като бяха видели всичко що стори в Ерусалим на празника; защото и те бяха отишли на празника.
46 Прочее, Исус пак дойде в Кана Галилейска, гдето беше превърнал водата на вино. И имаше един царски чиновник, чиито син бе болен в Капериаум.
47 Той, като чу, че Исус дошъл от Юдея в Галилея отиде при него и Го помоли да слезе и да изцели сина му, защото беше на умиране.
48 Тогава Исус му рече: Ако не видите знамения и чудеса никак няма да повярвате.
49 Царският чиновник Му каза: Господине, слез докле не е умряло детенцето ми.
50 Каза му Исус: Иди си; син ти е жив. Човекът повярва думата, която му рече Исус, и си отиде.
51 И когато той слизаше към дома си, слугите му го срещнаха и казаха, че син му е жив.
52 А той ги попита в кой час 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 рече: Син ти е жив. И повярва той и целия му дом.
54 Това второ знамение извърши Исус, като дойде пак из Юдея в Галилея.
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