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Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
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The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
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The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
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Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
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You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
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At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
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The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
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The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
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This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’ ?”
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Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
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Jesus’ Claims About Himself
The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
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The Jews who heard these words were again divided.
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The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
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“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
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and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.
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When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
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When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
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Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
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The Plot to Kill Jesus
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
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Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
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for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
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Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews
Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him.
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“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
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“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
