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.
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Isus i Samarijanka
4 Kad se pročulo među farizejima da Isus pridobiva i krsti mnogo više učenika nego Ivan— 2 premda on osobno nije krstio, već njegovi učenici— 3 Isus je napustio Judeju i ponovo se zaputio u Galileju. 4 Na putu prema Galileji morao je proći kroz Samariju.
5 Tako je došao u samarijski grad Sikar, blizu imanja koje je Jakov dao svojem sinu Josipu. 6 Ondje se nalazio i Jakovljev bunar. Isus je bio umoran od puta pa je sjeo pokraj bunara. Bilo je oko podneva. 7 Neka je Samarijanka došla zahvatiti vode, a Isus joj je rekao: »Daj mi gutljaj vode!« 8 Učenici su bili otišli u grad kupiti hranu. 9 Žena mu je odvratila: »Zar ti, Židov, tražiš vode od mene, Samarijanke?« Židovi se, naime, ne druže sa Samarijancima.
10 Na to joj je Isus odgovorio: »Kad bi samo znala Božji dar! Ti ne znaš tko ti govori: ‘Daj mi da pijem!’ Da znaš, ti bi mene zamolila i ja bih ti dao vode koja daje život.«
11 »Gospodine«, opet će žena, »ti nemaš čak ni posudu za vodu, a bunar je dubok. Odakle ćeš uzeti vodu koja daje život? 12 Zar si veći od našega praoca Jakova, koji nam je dao ovaj izvor? On je sâm pio iz njega, kao i njegovi sinovi i stoka.«
13 A Isus joj odgovori: »Tko god pije ovu vodu, ponovo će ožednjeti. 14 A tko se napije vode koju ću mu ja dati, nikada više neće ožednjeti. Štoviše, ta će voda u njemu postati izvor koji će mu donijeti vječni život.«
15 »Gospodine«, na to će žena, »daj mi te vode pa da ni ja više ne budem žedna i da ne moram dolaziti ovamo po vodu!«
16 »Pođi po svoga muža«, odgovorio joj je Isus, »i vrati se ovamo!«
17 »Ja nemam muža«, odvratila mu je žena.
»Imaš pravo kad kažeš da nemaš muža«, rekao je Isus. 18 »Imala si ih pet, a onaj s kojim si sada, nije ti muž. Rekla si istinu.«
19 »Gospodine, vidim da si prorok«, odvratila mu je žena. 20 »Naši, samarijski preci štovali su Boga na ovoj uzvisini. Vi, Židovi, kažete da je Jeruzalem mjesto gdje treba štovati Boga.«
21 Isus joj je rekao: »Vjeruj mi, ženo! Dolazi vrijeme kad nećete štovati Oca ni na ovoj uzvisini ni u Jeruzalemu. 22 Vi ne znate što štujete. Mi, Židovi, znamo jer spasenje dolazi od nas. 23 No dolazi vrijeme kada će istinski štovatelji štovati Oca u duhu i istini. Otac želi takve štovatelje. A to je vrijeme već došlo. 24 Bog je duh. Tko njega štuje, mora to činiti u duhu i istini.«
25 »Ja znam da dolazi Mesija, koji je Krist[a]«, odgovorila mu je žena. »Kad on dođe, sve će nam objasniti.«
26 A Isus joj je odgovorio: »On sada razgovara s tobom. Ja sam Mesija.«
27 Uto su se njegovi učenici vratili iz grada i jako se iznenadili kad su vidjeli da Isus razgovara sa ženom. No ni jedan od njih ga nije upitao: »Što hoćeš od nje?« ili »Zašto razgovaraš s njom?«
28 Žena je ostavila svoj vrč za vodu, vratila se u grad i rekla svojim sugrađanima: 29 »Neki mi je čovjek ispričao sve što sam činila! Dođite ga vidjeti! Možda je on Krist?« 30 Ljudi su se uputili iz grada i krenuli vidjeti Isusa.
31 Za to vrijeme učenici su molili Isusa: »Učitelju, pojedi nešto!«
32 On im je odgovorio: »Ja imam hranu o kojoj vi ništa ne znate.«
33 Učenici su počeli ispitivati jedan drugoga: »Zar mu je tko donio nešto za jelo?«
34 A Isus im je rekao: »Moja je hrana činiti volju Onoga koji me je poslao i izvršiti zadatak koji mi je povjerio. 35 Kad sijete, govorite: ‘Još četiri mjeseca i evo žetve.’ A ja vam kažem: otvorite oči i pogledajte polja! Već su zrela za žetvu. 36 Žetelac dobiva plaću i sakuplja urod za vječni život. Tako će se moći radovati zajedno i sijač i žetelac. 37 Ona poslovica: ‘Jedan sije, drugi žanje’, doista je istinita. 38 I ja vas šaljem da žanjete ono oko čega se niste znojili. Drugi jesu, a dobit od njihovog truda bit će vaša.«
39 Mnogi su Samarijanci iz toga grada povjerovali u Isusa zbog ženinih riječi: »Ispričao mi je sve što sam činila.« 40 Kad su Samarijanci došli k Isusu, tražili su od njega da ostane s njima. I ostao je dva dana. 41 Još ih je mnogo povjerovalo zbog onoga što je govorio.
42 Rekli su ženi: »Više ne vjerujemo samo zbog tvojih riječi. Čuli smo i sami, i sada znamo da je ovaj čovjek stvarno Spasitelj svijeta.«
Dužnosnikov sin
(Mt 8,5-13; Lk 7,1-10)
43 Nakon dva dana, Isus je otišao od njih i zaputio se u Galileju. 44 Već je prije bio govorio o tome da proroka ne poštuju u njegovom zavičaju. 45 Kad je stigao u Galileju, Galilejci su ga srdačno dočekali jer su i sami vidjeli sve što je učinio na blagdan Pashe u Jeruzalemu. I oni su prisustvovali svetkovini.
46 Isus je ponovo otišao u Kanu Galilejsku, gdje je bio pretvorio vodu u vino. U Kafarnaumu se nalazio kraljev dužnosnik čiji je sin bio bolestan. 47 Čim je čuo da je Isus iz Judeje stigao u Galileju, došao je k njemu. Preklinjao ga je da ode u Kafarnaum i ozdravi mu sina koji je bio na samrti. 48 A Isus mu je rekao: »Takvi ste vi ljudi! Dok ne vidite znakove i čuda, ne vjerujete.«
49 »Gospodine, preklinjem te!« zavapio je kraljev dužnosnik. »Dođi prije nego što mi dijete umre!«
50 »Idi kući«, rekao mu je Isus. »Tvoj će sin živjeti.«
Čovjek je povjerovao Isusovim riječima i krenuo kući. 51 Dok je još bio na putu, izašle su mu ususret sluge i rekle: »Tvoje je dijete živo!«
52 Upitao ih je kada se djetetu poboljšalo stanje. Odgovorili su mu: »Groznica je prestala jučer popodne, oko jedan sat.«
53 Dječakov je otac znao da mu je baš u to vrijeme Isus rekao: »Tvoj će sin živjeti.« I tada je povjerovao u Isusa—i on i svi njegovi ukućani.
54 To je bio drugi Isusov čudesni znak nakon dolaska iz Judeje u Galileju.
Footnotes
- 4,25 Mesija, Krist Naziv »Mesija« dolazi od hebrejske riječi, a »Krist« od grčke, što znači »Pomazanik«. Odnosi se na Božjeg odabranoga kralja, kojeg su navijestili starozavjetni proroci.
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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