John 4
1 Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John”
Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
3 He left Judea and went away into Galilee.
he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
4 Now He needed to go through Samaria;
He had to pass through Samaria,
5 so He comes to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, being worn out from the journey, sat as He was by the well. It was about 6 p.m.
Jacob’s Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about midday.
7 A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me a drink.”
A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
9 So the Samaritan woman says to Him, “How can you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (for Jews do not associate with Samaritans).
“How is it,” replied the Samaritan woman, “that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).
10 Jesus answered and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who is the one saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
“If you knew of the gift of God,” replied Jesus, “and who it is that is saying to you ‘Give me some water,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 The woman says to Him: “Sir, you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep; so where do you get this living water?
“You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep,” she said. “Where did you get that ‘living water?’
12 You aren't greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!”
13 Jesus answered and said to her: “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
“All who drink of this water,” replied Jesus, “will be thirsty again;
15 The woman says to Him, “Sir, give me this water! so that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
“Give me this water, Sir,” said the woman, “so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water.”
16 Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here.”
“Go and call your husband,” said Jesus, “and then come back.”
17 The woman answered and said, “I don't have a husband.” Jesus says to her: “You stated correctly that you do not have a husband,
“I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,
18 because you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is no husband of yours. You spoke the truth there!”
“For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth.”
19 The woman says to Him: “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
“I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, while you (pl) say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
“It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus says to her: “Woman, believe me, a time is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
“Believe me,” replied Jesus, “a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.
22 You [Samaritans] worship what you do not know; we [Jews] worship what we do know, because the salvation is from the Jews.
You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 But the time is coming, in fact now is, when the genuine worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Really, because the Father is looking for such people to worship Him.
But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”
25 The woman says to Him: “I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ). When He comes He will explain everything to us.”
“I know,” answered the woman, “that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything.”
26 Jesus says to her, “I am He, the one who is talking with you!”
“I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”
27 At that point His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman; yet no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’
28 So the woman left her water jar, went her way into the town, and says to the men:
So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people,
29 “Come see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”
“Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?”
30 So out they went from the town and started toward Him.
And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
31 Now in the meantime the disciples were urging Him saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him, “Take something to eat, Rabbi.”
32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
“I have food to eat,” he answered, “of which you know nothing.”
33 So the disciples started saying to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”
“Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
34 Jesus says to them: “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to complete His work.
“My food,” replied Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
35 Do you not say, ‘There are four months before the harvest comes?’ Well I say, Look! Lift your eyes and observe the fields; they are white for harvest already!
Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
36 Now he who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit into eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for eternal life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Now the saying, ‘One is the sower and another the reaper,’ is true in this:
For here the proverb holds good – ‘One sows, another reaps.’
38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labors.”
I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have reaped the results of their labor.”
39 Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed into Him because of the word of the woman, testifying that “He told me everything I ever did!”
Many from that town came to believe in Jesus – Samaritans though they were – because the woman had said, ‘He has told me everything that I have done.’
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him they urged Him to stay with them; and He did stay there two days.
And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed through His own word,
But far more came to believe in him because of what he said himself,
42 and they kept saying to the woman, “It is not just because of what you said that we believe, because we ourselves have heard Him, and we know that this One is truly the Messiah, the Savior of the world!”
and they said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world.”
43 So after the two days He departed from there and went on into Galilee.
After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
44 (For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not have honor in his own country.)
for he himself declared that ‘a prophet is not honored in his own country.’
45 So when He came into Galilee the Galileans welcomed Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem, at the festival; for they too had gone to the festival.
When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.
46 So Jesus went again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. Now there was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.
So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.
47 When this man 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 about to die.
When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders you will not believe!”
Jesus answered, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
49 The official says to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
“Sir,” said the officer, “come down before my child dies.” And Jesus answered, “Go, your son is living.”
50 Jesus says to him, “Go; your son lives.” Well the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and off he went.
The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;
51 Now while he was still going down his slaves met him and reported saying, “Your son lives!”
and, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.
52 So he inquired of them the hour in which he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. “It was yesterday, about one o’clock,” they said, “that the fever left him.”
53 So the father knew that it was at the exact hour in which Jesus told him, “Your son lives.” Both he himself and his whole household believed.
By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him ‘Your son is living’; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.
54 Again, coming out of Judea into Galilee, Jesus performed this second miraculous sign.
This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.
