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Jesús y la Samaritana

Se enteró Jesús de que los fariseos supieron que cada vez aumentaba más el número de sus seguidores y que bautizaba incluso más que Juan, aunque de hecho no era el mismo Jesús quien bautizaba, sino sus discípulos. Así que salió de Judea y regresó a Galilea. Y como tenía que atravesar Samaría, llegó a un pueblo de esa región llamado Sicar, cerca del terreno que Jacob dio a su hijo José. Allí se encontraba el pozo de Jacob. Jesús, fatigado del camino, se sentó junto al pozo. Era cerca de mediodía. Y en esto, llega una mujer samaritana a sacar agua. Jesús le dice:

— Dame de beber.

Los discípulos habían ido al pueblo a comprar comida. La mujer samaritana le contesta:

— ¡Cómo! ¿No eres tú judío? ¿Y te atreves a pedirme de beber a mí que soy samaritana?

(Es que los judíos y los samaritanos no se trataban).

10 Jesús le responde:

— Si conocieras el don de Dios y quién es el que te dice: “dame de beber”, serías tú la que me pedirías de beber, y yo te daría agua viva.

11 — Pero Señor —replica la mujer—, no tienes con qué sacar el agua y el pozo es hondo. ¿Dónde tienes ese agua viva? 12 Jacob, nuestro antepasado, nos dejó este pozo, del que bebió él mismo, sus hijos y sus ganados. ¿Acaso te consideras de mayor categoría que él?

13 Jesús le contesta:

— Todo el que bebe de esta agua volverá a tener sed; 14 en cambio, el que beba del agua que yo quiero darle, nunca más volverá a tener sed sino que esa agua se convertirá en su interior en un manantial capaz de dar vida eterna.

15 Exclama entonces la mujer:

— Señor, dame de esa agua; así ya no volveré a tener sed ni tendré que venir aquí a sacar agua.

16 Jesús le dice:

— Vete a tu casa, llama a tu marido y vuelve acá.

17 Ella le contesta:

— No tengo marido.

— Es cierto —reconoce Jesús—; no tienes marido. 18 Has tenido cinco y ese con el que ahora vives no es tu marido. En esto has dicho la verdad.

19 Le responde la mujer:

— Señor, veo que eres profeta. 20 Nuestros antepasados rindieron culto a Dios en este monte; en cambio, ustedes los judíos dicen que el lugar para dar culto a Dios es Jerusalén.

21 Jesús le contesta:

— Créeme, mujer, está llegando el momento en que para dar culto al Padre, ustedes no tendrán que subir a este monte ni ir a Jerusalén. 22 Ustedes los samaritanos rinden culto a algo que desconocen; nosotros sí lo conocemos, ya que la salvación viene de los judíos. 23 Está llegando el momento, mejor dicho, ha llegado ya, en que los verdaderos adoradores rendirán culto al Padre en espíritu y en verdad, porque estos son los adoradores que el Padre quiere. 24 Dios es espíritu, y quienes le rinden culto deben hacerlo en espíritu y en verdad.

25 La mujer le dice:

— Yo sé que el Mesías (es decir, el Cristo) está por llegar; cuando venga nos lo enseñará todo.

26 Jesús, entonces, le manifiesta:

— El Mesías soy yo, el mismo que está hablando contigo.

El verdadero alimento

27 En ese momento llegaron los discípulos y se sorprendieron al ver a Jesús hablando con una mujer; pero ninguno se atrevió a preguntarle qué quería de ella o de qué estaban hablando. 28 La mujer, por su parte, dejó allí el cántaro, regresó al pueblo y dijo a la gente:

29 — Vengan a ver a un hombre que me ha adivinado todo lo que he hecho. ¿Será el Mesías?

30 Ellos salieron del pueblo y fueron a ver a Jesús. 31 Mientras tanto, los discípulos le insistían:

— Maestro, come.

32 Pero él les dijo:

— Yo me alimento de un manjar que ustedes no conocen.

33 Los discípulos comentaban entre sí:

— ¿Será que alguien le ha traído comida?

34 Jesús les explicó:

— Mi alimento es hacer la voluntad del que me ha enviado y llevar a cabo sus planes.

35 ¿No dicen ustedes que todavía faltan cuatro meses para la cosecha? Pues fíjense: los sembrados están ya maduros para la recolección. 36 El que trabaja en la recolección recibe su salario y recoge el fruto con destino a la vida eterna; de esta suerte, se alegran juntos el que siembra y el que hace la recolección. 37 Con lo que se cumple el proverbio: “Uno es el que siembra y otro el que cosecha”. 38 Yo los envío a ustedes a recolectar algo que no han labrado; otros trabajaron y ustedes se benefician de su trabajo.

39 Muchos de los habitantes de aquel pueblo creyeron en Jesús movidos por el testimonio de la samaritana, que aseguraba:

— Me ha adivinado todo lo que he hecho.

40 Por eso, los samaritanos, cuando llegaron a donde estaba Jesús, le insistían en que se quedara con ellos. Y en efecto, se quedó allí dos días, 41 de manera que fueron muchos más los que creyeron en él por sus propias palabras. 42 Así que decían a la mujer:

— Ya no creemos en él por lo que tú nos has dicho, sino porque nosotros mismos hemos escuchado sus palabras, y estamos convencidos de que él es verdaderamente el salvador del mundo.

Segundo signo (4,43-54)

Jesús cura al hijo de un funcionario real (Mt 8,5-13; Lc 7,1-10)

43 Pasados dos días, Jesús partió de Samaría camino de Galilea. 44 El mismo Jesús había declarado que un profeta no es bien considerado en su propia patria. 45 Cuando llegó a Galilea, los galileos le dieron la bienvenida, pues también ellos habían estado en Jerusalén por la fiesta de la Pascua y habían visto todo lo que Jesús había hecho en aquella ocasión.

46 Jesús visitó de nuevo Caná de Galilea, donde había convertido el agua en vino. Se encontraba allí un oficial de la corte que tenía el hijo enfermo en Cafarnaún. 47 Cuando se enteró de que Jesús había llegado a Galilea procedente de Judea, acudió a él y le suplicó que bajara a su casa para curar a su hijo, que estaba a punto de morir. 48 Jesús lo regañó:

— Ustedes sólo creen si ven milagros y prodigios.

49 Pero el oficial insistía:

— Señor, ven pronto, antes que muera mi hijo.

50 Jesús le dijo:

— Vuelve a tu casa; tu hijo está ya bien.

Aquel hombre creyó lo que Jesús le había dicho y se fue. 51 Cuando regresaba a casa, le salieron al encuentro sus criados para comunicarle que su hijo estaba curado. 52 Él les preguntó a qué hora había comenzado la mejoría. Los criados le dijeron:

— Ayer, a la una de la tarde, se le quitó la fiebre.

53 El padre comprobó que esa fue precisamente la hora en que Jesús le dijo: “Tu hijo está bien”, y creyeron en Jesús él y todos los suyos.

54 Este segundo milagro lo hizo Jesús cuando volvió de Judea a Galilea.

Chapter 4

[a]Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, just his disciples),[b] he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

The Samaritan Woman. He had to[c] pass through Samaria. 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) Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon.

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. [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

  1. 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).
  2. 4:2 An editorial refinement of Jn 3:22, perhaps directed against followers of John the Baptist who claimed that Jesus imitated him.
  3. 4:4 He had to: a theological necessity; geographically, Jews often bypassed Samaria by taking a route across the Jordan.
  4. 4:5 Sychar: Jerome identifies this with Shechem, a reading found in Syriac manuscripts.
  5. 4:9 Samaritan women were regarded by Jews as ritually impure, and therefore Jews were forbidden to drink from any vessel they had handled.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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).
  11. 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.
  12. 4:27 Talking with a woman: a religious and social restriction that Jesus is pictured treating as unimportant.
  13. 4:35 ‘In four months… ’: probably a proverb; cf. Mt 9:37–38.
  14. 4:36 Already: this word may go with the preceding verse rather than with Jn 4:36.
  15. 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).
  16. 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.
  17. 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.”
  18. 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.

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

A Samaritan Woman Meets Jesus at a Well

Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John. (Actually, Jesus was not baptizing people. His disciples were.) So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

Jesus had to go through Samaria. He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about noon.

A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.” (His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)

The Samaritan woman asked him, “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (Jews, of course, don’t associate with Samaritans.)

10 Jesus replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”

11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have anything to use to get water, and the well is deep. So where are you going to get this living water? 12 You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”

13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water that I will give them will never become thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give them will become in them a spring that gushes up to eternal life.”

15 The woman told Jesus, “Sir, give me this water! Then I won’t get thirsty or have to come here to get water.”

16 Jesus told her, “Go to your husband, and bring him here.”

17 The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.”

Jesus told her, “You’re right when you say that you don’t have a husband. 18 You’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. You’ve told the truth.”

19 The woman said to Jesus, “I see that you’re a prophet! 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that people must worship in Jerusalem.”

21 Jesus told her, “Believe me. A time is coming when you Samaritans won’t be worshiping the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You don’t know what you’re worshiping. We ⌞Jews⌟ know what we’re worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23 Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. 24 God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything.” (Messiah is the one called Christ.)

26 Jesus told her, “I am he, and I am speaking to you now.”

27 At that time his disciples returned. They were surprised that he was talking to a woman. But none of them asked him, “What do you want from her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”

28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people, 29 “Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?” 30 The people left the city and went to meet Jesus.

31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, have something to eat.”

32 Jesus told them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

33 The disciples asked each other, “Did someone bring him something to eat?”

34 Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.

35 “Don’t you say, ‘In four more months the harvest will be here’? I’m telling you to look and see that the fields are ready to be harvested. 36 The person who harvests the crop is already getting paid. He is gathering grain for eternal life. So the person who plants the grain and the person who harvests it are happy together. 37 In this respect the saying is true: ‘One person plants, and another person harvests.’ 38 I have sent you to harvest a crop you have not worked for. Other people have done the hard work, and you have followed them in their work.”

39 Many Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because of the woman who said, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.” 40 So when the Samaritans went to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed in Samaria for two days. 41 Many more Samaritans believed because of what Jesus said. 42 They told the woman, “Our faith is no longer based on what you’ve said. We have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the savior of the world.”

A Believing Official(A)

43 After spending two days in Samaria, Jesus left for Galilee. 44 Jesus had said that a prophet is not honored in his own country. 45 But when Jesus arrived in Galilee, the people of Galilee welcomed him. They had seen everything he had done at the festival in Jerusalem, since they, too, had attended the festival.

46 Jesus returned to the city of Cana in Galilee, where he had changed water into wine. A government official was in Cana. His son was sick in Capernaum. 47 The official heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee. So he went to Jesus and asked him to go to Capernaum with him to heal his son who was about to die.

48 Jesus told the official, “If people don’t see miracles and amazing things, they won’t believe.”

49 The official said to him, “Sir, come with me before my little boy dies.”

50 Jesus told him, “Go home. Your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus told him and left.

51 While the official was on his way to Capernaum, his servants met him and told him that his boy was alive. 52 The official asked them at what time his son got better. His servants told him, “The fever left him yesterday evening at seven o’clock.” 53 Then the boy’s father realized that it was the same time that Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” So the official and his entire family became believers.

54 This was the second miracle that Jesus performed after he had come back from Judea to Galilee.