John 4
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was gaining 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 wasn’t baptizing, but His disciples were),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 He left Judea, and went back towards Galilee.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 He had to go through Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 He came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground 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 and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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 Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Please 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 The Samaritan woman therefore asked Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink, since I’m a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have nothing to do 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 her, “If you knew God’s gift, and who it is who says to you, ‘Please 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 said, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where could you get this living water from?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Are You greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?”
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 her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will get thirsty again,
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming all the way here to draw water.”
"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 told her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus told her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband,’
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now isn’t your husband. What you have said is quite true.”
"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 said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where we 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 told her, “Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.
"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 don’t know. We worship what we know, for 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 A time is coming, and has now come, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers that the Father seeks.
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 said to Him, “I know that the Messiah (who is called Christ) is coming. 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 told her, “I who speak to you am He.”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 Just then Jesus’ disciples returned. They were surprised to find him talking with a woman, but no one asked, “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 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and began telling the people,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Come, see a man who told me everything that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
"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 They went out of the city, and started to go to Him.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him, saying “Rabbi, eat something.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 He told them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 So the disciples asked one another, “Nobody brought Him anything to eat, did they?”
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish His work.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Don’t you say, ‘It’s still four months until the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
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 He who harvests is already receiving wages, and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that he who plants and he who harvests 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 Thus the saying ‘One plants and another harvests’ is true.
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 harvest that for which you didn’t labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
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 Many Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything that 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 arrived, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed 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 because of His words.
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 They told the woman, “It’s no longer just because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world, the Christ.”
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 After the two days, He departed from there and went to Galilee,
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 for Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 When He arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they had been there, too.
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 Therefore He came back to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine. There was a certain royal official, whose son was sick at 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 he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was at the point of death.
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 Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 The royal official said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jesus told him, “Go in peace. Your son lives.” So the man believed the words that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 As he was still going down the road, his servants met him, saying that his son was living.
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 asked them the hour when he began to recover, and they told 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 The father realized that it was at that hour that Jesus told him, “Your son lives,” and he himself believed, along with his whole household.
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 This was the second sign that Jesus did, when He had come from out of Judea to Galilee.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
