John 4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
4 Now when the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John—
2 Though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples—
3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.
5 And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 And Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down [to rest] by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon).
7 Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink—
8 For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food—
9 The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that [a]You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?—For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans—
10 Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God’s gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
11 She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]
12 Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?
13 Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
14 But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
15 The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw.
16 At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.
17 The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.
18 For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
19 The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.
20 Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.
21 Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem.
22 You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.
23 A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.
24 God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).
25 The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.
26 Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.
27 Just then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman [a married woman]. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her?
28 Then the woman left her water jar and went away to the town. And she began telling the people,
29 Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?]
30 So the people left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him saying, Rabbi, eat something.
32 But He assured them, I have food (nourishment) to eat of which you know nothing and have no idea.
33 So the disciples said one to another, Has someone brought Him something to eat?
34 Jesus said to them, My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work.
35 Do you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting.
36 Already the reaper is getting his wages [he who does the cutting now has his reward], for he is gathering fruit (crop) unto life eternal, so that he who does the planting and he who does the reaping may rejoice together.
37 For in this the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps.
38 I sent you to reap a crop for which you have not toiled. Other men have labored and you have stepped in to reap the results of their work.
39 Now numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did.
40 So when the Samaritans arrived, they asked Him to remain with them, and He did stay there two days.
41 Then many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message [what He Himself said].
42 And they told the woman, Now we no longer believe (trust, have faith) just because of what you said; for we have heard Him ourselves [personally], and we know that He truly is the Savior of the world, the Christ.
43 But after these two days Jesus went on from there into Galilee—
44 Although He Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45 However, when He came into Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed Him and took Him to their hearts eagerly, for they had seen everything that He did in Jerusalem during the Feast; for they too had attended the Feast.
46 So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was lying ill in Capernaum.
47 Having heard that Jesus had come back from Judea into Galilee, he went away to meet Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was lying at the point of death.
48 Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and miracles happen, you [people] never will believe (trust, have faith) at all.
49 The king’s officer pleaded with Him, Sir, do come down at once before my little child is dead!
50 Jesus answered him, Go in peace; your son will live! And the man put his trust in what Jesus said and started home.
51 But even as he was on the road going down, his servants met him and reported, saying, Your son lives!
52 So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better. They said, Yesterday during the seventh hour (about one o’clock in the afternoon) the fever left him.
53 Then the father knew that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, Your son will live. And he and his entire household believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus).
54 This is the second sign (wonderwork, miracle) that Jesus performed after He had come out of Judea into Galilee.
Footnotes
- John 4:9 Capitalized because of what He is, the spotless Son of God, not what the speaker may have thought He was.
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.
Йоан 4
Библия, нов превод от оригиналните езици (с неканоничните книги)
Беседата на Иисус Христос със самарянката
4 (A)И тъй, когато Иисус узна, че фарисеите са чули, че Той повече от Йоан придобива ученици и кръщава – 2 въпреки че Сам Иисус не кръщаваше, а учениците Му, 3 Той напусна Юдея и тръгна отново за Галилея.
4 Но трябваше да мине през Самария. 5 (B)И така, дойде до един самарийски град, наричан Сихар, близо до землището, което Яков бе дал на сина си Йосиф. 6 Там беше Яковият кладенец. Уморен от пътуването, Иисус седеше при кладенеца. Беше около дванадесет часа. 7 Една жена от Самария дойде да си налее вода. Иисус ѝ каза: „Дай Ми да пия!“ 8 Защото учениците Му бяха отишли в града да купят храна. 9 (C)Тъй като юдеите не общуват със самаряните, самарянката Го попита: „Как Ти, Който си юдеин, искаш да пиеш вода от мене, която съм самарянка?“ 10 (D)Иисус в отговор ѝ каза: „Ако ти знаеше Божия дар и кой е Този, Който ти казва ‘Дай Ми да пия’, ти сама щеше да поискаш от Него и Той щеше да ти даде жива вода[a].“ 11 Жената Му каза: „Господине, нямаш съд, а и кладенецът е дълбок. Откъде тогава имаш живата вода? 12 (E)Нима Ти си по-голям от баща ни Яков, който ни даде този кладенец – и от него са пили сам той и потомците му, и неговите стада?“ 13 Иисус ѝ отговори: „Всеки, който пие от тази вода, пак ще ожаднее, 14 (F)(G)а който пие от водата, която Аз ще му дам, няма да ожаднее за вечни времена, тъй като водата, която ще му дам, ще стане в него извор, чиято вода блика за вечен живот.“ 15 Жената Му каза: „Господине, дай ми тази вода, за да не ожаднявам и да не идвам тук да наливам!“ 16 Казва ѝ Иисус: „Иди, повикай мъжа си и ела тука.“ 17 Жената отговори: „Нямам мъж.“ Иисус ѝ рече: „Добре каза: ‘Нямам мъж’, 18 защото петима мъже си имала и този, който сега имаш, не ти е мъж. Ти Ми каза истината.“ 19 Жената Му рече: „Господине, виждам, че Ти си пророк. 20 Нашите праотци са се покланяли на Бога в тази планина, а вие[b] казвате, че в Йерусалим е мястото, където ние трябва да се покланяме.“ 21 Иисус ѝ рече: „Жено, повярвай Ми, че настъпва часът, когато нито в тази планина, нито в Йерусалим ще се покланяте на Отец. 22 (H)Вие се покланяте на нещо, което не познавате, а ние се покланяме на това, което познаваме, защото спасението идва от юдеите. 23 Но идва часът и вече е дошъл, когато истинските поклонници ще се покланят на Отец с дух и с истина, защото Отец изисква Неговите поклонници да бъдат такива. 24 Бог е Дух и Неговите поклонници трябва да се покланят с дух и с истина.“ 25 Жената Му рече: „Зная, че ще дойде Месия, наричан още Христос. Когато Той дойде, ще ни извести всичко.“ 26 (I)Иисус ѝ каза: „Аз, Който говоря с тебе, съм Този.“
27 В това време дойдоха учениците Му и се почудиха, че разговаря с жена. Но никой не рече: „Какво искаш?“ или „Какво говориш с нея?“ 28 Тогава жената остави стомната за вода, отиде в града и каза на хората: 29 „Елате да видите един човек, който ми каза всичко, което съм направила. Да не би Той да е Христос?“ 30 Тогава те излязоха от града и тръгнаха към Него.
31 Междувременно учениците Го молеха: „Учителю, яж!“ 32 Но Той им каза: „Аз имам храна да ям, за която вие не знаете.“ 33 Затова учениците започнаха да се питат: „Да не би някой да Му е донесъл да яде?“ 34 (J)Иисус им каза: „Моята храна е да изпълнявам волята на Онзи, Който Ме е изпратил, и да завърша Неговото дело. 35 Не казвате ли вие, че има още четири месеца и ще дойде жетвата? Аз пък ви казвам: повдигнете очите си и вижте нивите, че са побелели и готови за жетва! 36 Жетварят получава награда и събира плод за вечен живот, за да се радват заедно и сеячът, и жетварят. 37 Защото в този случай права си е поговорката, че един сее, а друг жене. 38 Аз ви изпратих да женете това, за което вие не сте се трудили. Други се трудиха, а вие събирате плодовете.“
39 И много самаряни от този град повярваха в Него заради думите на жената, която свидетелстваше: „Той ми каза всичко, което съм извършила.“ 40 Когато самаряните дойдоха при Него, помолиха Го да остане при тях. И Той остана там два дена. 41 Тогава много повече хора повярваха заради думите Му 42 (K)и казваха на жената: „Ние вярваме вече не заради твоите думи, а понеже сами чухме и знаем, че Този наистина е Спасителят на света, Христос[c].“
Иисус Христос изцелява сина на царски служител
43 А след двата дена Той излезе оттам и отиде в Галилея. 44 (L)Защото Иисус Сам бе засвидетелствал, че един пророк не е на почит в отечеството си. 45 (M)И така, когато дойде в Галилея, галилейците Го приеха, след като бяха видели всичко, което Той стори в Йерусалим на празника – понеже и те бяха ходили на празника.
46 (N)(O)Тогава Иисус отново отиде в Кана Галилейска, където беше превърнал водата във вино.
Имаше един царски служител, чийто син беше болен в Капернаум. 47 Като чу, че Иисус е пристигнал от Юдея в Галилея, той дойде при Него и Го помоли да отиде в Капернаум и да изцели неговия син, тъй като беше на умиране. 48 (P)А Иисус му каза: „Ако не видите знамения и чудеса, няма да повярвате.“ 49 Царският служител Му отговори: „Господине, ела, преди детето ми да е умряло.“ 50 Иисус му каза: „Иди си, синът ти е жив!“ И човекът повярва на казаното му от Иисус и си отиде. 51 А когато той вече пристигаше, неговите слуги го срещнаха и му съобщиха: „Синът ти е жив.“ 52 А той ги попита за часа, когато на сина му е станало по-леко. И те му отговориха: „Вчера в един часа след обяд огънят му премина.“ 53 (Q)Тогава бащата разбра, че това беше станало в същия час, когато Иисус му каза: „Синът ти е жив.“ И той, и целият му дом повярваха. 54 А това вече второ чудо Иисус извърши, след като беше дошъл от Юдея в Галилея.
Footnotes
- 4:10 Т.е. изворна (Бит. 26:19). Иисус Христос използва израза в духовен смисъл.
- 4:20 Т.е. юдеите.
- 4:42 В някои ръкописи липсва: „Христос“.
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