John 4
1 Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John”
Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--
2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 He left Judea and went away into Galilee.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Now He needed to go through Samaria;
His road lay 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 so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece 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 Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
7 A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give me a drink.”
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
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 woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings 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 had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said 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?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
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.”
Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"
13 Jesus answered and said to her: “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water 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.”
"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."
16 Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and 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," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said 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 you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."
19 The woman says to Him: “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, while you (pl) say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must 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," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You [Samaritans] worship what you do not know; we [Jews] worship what we do know, because the salvation is from the Jews.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; 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--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
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," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When 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," said Jesus--"I who am now talking 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?”
Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" 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:
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Come see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”
"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"
30 So out they went from the town and started toward Him.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Now in the meantime the disciples were urging Him saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 So the disciples started saying to one another, “Could someone have brought Him something to eat?”
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jesus says to them: “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to complete His work.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish 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!
Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.
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)
The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Now the saying, ‘One is the sower and another the reaper,’ is true in this:
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'
38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labors.”
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
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!”
Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
40 So when the Samaritans came to Him they urged Him to stay with them; and He did stay there two days.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed through His own word,
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
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, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."
43 So after the two days He departed from there and went on into Galilee.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 (For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not have honor in his own country.)
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour 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 however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.
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 He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was 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.
Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go 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!”
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 The official says to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jesus says to him, “Go; your son lives.” Well the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and off he went.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 Now while he was still going down his slaves met him and reported saying, “Your son lives!”
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
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 inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "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.
Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.
54 Again, coming out of Judea into Galilee, Jesus performed this second miraculous sign.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
