John 4

New International Version

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)— ²although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. ³So he left Judea^(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

⁴Now he had to go through Samaria.^(C) ⁵So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.^(D) ⁶Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

⁷When 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.)

⁹The 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])

¹⁰Jesus 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? ¹²Are 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?”

¹³Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, ¹⁴but 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)

¹⁵The 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.”

¹⁶He 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. ¹⁸The 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) ²⁰Our 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) ²²You Samaritans worship what you do not know;^(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.^(T) ²³Yet 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. ²⁴God is spirit,^(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

²⁵The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)^(X) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

²⁶Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”^(Y)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

²⁷Just 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?”

²⁸Then, 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) ³⁰They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

³¹Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,^(AC) eat something.”

³²But he said to them, “I have food to eat^(AD) that you know nothing about.”

³³Then 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) ³⁵Don’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) ³⁶Even 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. ³⁷Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’^(AJ) is true. ³⁸I 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

³⁹Many of the Samaritans from that town^(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”^(AL) ⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. ⁴¹And because of his words many more became believers.

⁴²They 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

⁴³After 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) ⁴⁵When 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.

⁴⁶Once 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. ⁴⁷When 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.”

⁴⁹The 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. ⁵¹While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. ⁵²When 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.”

⁵³Then 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.

⁵⁴This was the second sign^(AU) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Notas al pie

John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used

Isaiah 52-56

New International Version

52 Awake, awake,^(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,^(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.^(D)
The uncircumcised^(E) and defiled^(F)
    will not enter you again.^(G)
²Shake off your dust;^(H)
    rise up,^(I) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,^(J)
    Daughter Zion,^(K) now a captive.

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,^(L)
and without money^(M) you will be redeemed.^(N)”

⁴For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt^(O) to live;
lately, Assyria^(P) has oppressed them.

⁵“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,^[a]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.^(Q)
⁶Therefore my people will know^(R) my name;^(S)
    therefore in that day^(T) they will know
that it is I who foretold^(U) it.
    Yes, it is I.”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains^(V)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(W)
who proclaim peace,^(X)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(Y)
⁸Listen! Your watchmen^(Z) lift up their voices;^(AA)
    together they shout for joy.^(AB)
When the Lord returns^(AC) to Zion,^(AD)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹Burst into songs of joy^(AE) together,
    you ruins^(AF) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(AG) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(AH)
¹⁰The Lord will lay bare his holy arm^(AI)
    in the sight of all the nations,^(AJ)
and all the ends of the earth^(AK) will see
    the salvation^(AL) of our God.

¹¹Depart,^(AM) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!^(AN)
Come out from it and be pure,^(AO)
    you who carry the articles^(AP) of the Lord’s house.
¹²But you will not leave in haste^(AQ)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,^(AR)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.^(AS)

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^(AT) will act wisely^[b];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^(AU)
¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalled^(AV) at him^[c]—
    his appearance was so disfigured^(AW) beyond that of any human being
    and his form marred beyond human likeness^(AX)—
¹⁵so he will sprinkle^(AY) many nations,^[d]
    and kings^(AZ) will shut their mouths^(BA) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
    and what they have not heard, they will understand.^(BB)

53 Who has believed our message^(BC)
    and to whom has the arm^(BD) of the Lord been revealed?^(BE)
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(BF)
    and like a root^(BG) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(BH) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(BI) and familiar with pain.^(BJ)
Like one from whom people hide^(BK) their faces
    he was despised,^(BL) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(BM)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(BN)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(BO)
⁵But he was pierced^(BP) for our transgressions,^(BQ)
    he was crushed^(BR) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(BS) that brought us peace^(BT) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(BU) we are healed.^(BV)
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(BW)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(BX)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(BY) of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^(BZ) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(CA)
he was led like a lamb^(CB) to the slaughter,^(CC)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[e] and judgment^(CD) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(CE)
    for the transgression^(CF) of my people he was punished.^[f]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(CG)
    and with the rich^(CH) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(CI)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(CJ)

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^(CK) to crush^(CL) him and cause him to suffer,^(CM)
    and though the Lord makes^[g] his life an offering for sin,^(CN)
he will see his offspring^(CO) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(CP) in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,^(CQ)
    he will see the light^(CR) of life^[h] and be satisfied^[i];
by his knowledge^[j] my righteous servant^(CS) will justify^(CT) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(CU)
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[k]^(CV)
    and he will divide the spoils^(CW) with the strong,^[l]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(CX)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(CY)
For he bore^(CZ) the sin of many,^(DA)
    and made intercession^(DB) for the transgressors.

The Future Glory of Zion

54 “Sing, barren woman,^(DC)
    you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,^(DD)
    you who were never in labor;^(DE)
because more are the children^(DF) of the desolate^(DG) woman
    than of her who has a husband,^(DH)”
says the Lord.
²“Enlarge the place of your tent,^(DI)
    stretch your tent curtains wide,
    do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
    strengthen your stakes.^(DJ)
³For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants^(DK) will dispossess nations^(DL)
    and settle in their desolate^(DM) cities.

⁴“Do not be afraid;^(DN) you will not be put to shame.^(DO)
    Do not fear disgrace;^(DP) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth^(DQ)
    and remember no more the reproach^(DR) of your widowhood.^(DS)
⁵For your Maker^(DT) is your husband^(DU)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(DV) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(DW)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(DX)
⁶The Lord will call you back^(DY)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(DZ) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(EA)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷“For a brief moment^(EB) I abandoned^(EC) you,
    but with deep compassion^(ED) I will bring you back.^(EE)
⁸In a surge of anger^(EF)
    I hid^(EG) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(EH)
    I will have compassion^(EI) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(EJ)

⁹“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.^(EK)
So now I have sworn^(EL) not to be angry^(EM) with you,
    never to rebuke^(EN) you again.
¹⁰Though the mountains be shaken^(EO)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(EP) for you will not be shaken^(EQ)
    nor my covenant^(ER) of peace^(ES) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(ET) on you.

¹¹“Afflicted^(EU) city, lashed by storms^(EV) and not comforted,^(EW)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[m]^(EX)
    your foundations^(EY) with lapis lazuli.^(EZ)
¹²I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(FA) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³All your children will be taught by the Lord,^(FB)
    and great will be their peace.^(FC)
¹⁴In righteousness^(FD) you will be established:^(FE)
Tyranny^(FF) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.^(FG)
Terror^(FH) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
¹⁵If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender^(FI) to you.

¹⁶“See, it is I who created the blacksmith^(FJ)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon^(FK) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer^(FL) to wreak havoc;
¹⁷    no weapon forged against you will prevail,^(FM)
    and you will refute^(FN) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants^(FO) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication^(FP) from me,”
declares the Lord.

Invitation to the Thirsty

55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,^(FQ)
    come to the waters;^(FR)
and you who have no money,
    come, buy^(FS) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk^(FT)
    without money and without cost.^(FU)
²Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?^(FV)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,^(FW)
    and you will delight in the richest^(FX) of fare.
³Give ear and come to me;
    listen,^(FY) that you may live.^(FZ)
I will make an everlasting covenant^(GA) with you,
    my faithful love^(GB) promised to David.^(GC)
⁴See, I have made him a witness^(GD) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander^(GE) of the peoples.
⁵Surely you will summon nations^(GF) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,^(GG)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(GH) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”^(GI)

⁶Seek^(GJ) the Lord while he may be found;^(GK)
    call^(GL) on him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake^(GM) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(GN)
Let them turn^(GO) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(GP) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(GQ)

⁸“For my thoughts^(GR) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(GS)
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(GT)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(GU)
¹⁰As the rain^(GV) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(GW)
    so that it yields seed^(GX) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(GY)
¹¹so is my word^(GZ) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(HA)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(HB) for which I sent it.
¹²You will go out in joy^(HC)
    and be led forth in peace;^(HD)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song^(HE) before you,
and all the trees^(HF) of the field
    will clap their hands.^(HG)
¹³Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers^(HH) the myrtle^(HI) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,^(HJ)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

Salvation for Others

56 This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice^(HK)
    and do what is right,^(HL)
for my salvation^(HM) is close at hand
    and my righteousness^(HN) will soon be revealed.
²Blessed^(HO) is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath^(HP) without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

³Let no foreigner^(HQ) who is bound to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”^(HR)
And let no eunuch^(HS) complain,
“I am only a dry tree.”

⁴For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs^(HT) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant^(HU)—
⁵to them I will give within my temple and its walls^(HV)
    a memorial^(HW) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name^(HX)
    that will endure forever.^(HY)
⁶And foreigners^(HZ) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister^(IA) to him,
to love the name^(IB) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath^(IC) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
⁷these I will bring to my holy mountain^(ID)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices^(IE)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.^(IF)”^(IG)
⁸The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather^(IH) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

God’s Accusation Against the Wicked

⁹Come, all you beasts of the field,^(II)
    come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
¹⁰Israel’s watchmen^(IJ) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;^(IK)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.^(IL)
¹¹They are dogs with mighty appetites;
    they never have enough.
They are shepherds^(IM) who lack understanding;^(IN)
    they all turn to their own way,^(IO)
    they seek their own gain.^(IP)
¹²“Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!^(IQ)
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”^(IR)

Notas al pie

Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail
Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
Isaiah 53:12 Or many
Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous
Isaiah 54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.