John 4
1 When therefore the LORD knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus makes and immerses more disciples than John,
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John
2 (though indeed Jesus Himself was not immersing, but His disciples),
(although Jesus himself did not immerse, but his disciples),
3 He left Judea and went away again to Galilee,
he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.
4 and it was necessary [for] Him to go through Samaria.
And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria.
5 He comes, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;
So he comes to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the place that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was thus sitting on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;
And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting on the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 there comes a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give Me to drink”;
A woman of Samaria comes to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
8 for His disciples were gone away into the city that they may buy food;
For his disciples had gone away into the city so that they might buy food.
9 the Samaritan woman therefore says to Him, “How do You, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.
The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans?
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, Give Me to drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman says to Him, “Lord, You do not even have a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; from where, then, have You the living water?
The woman says to him, Sir, thou have not even a container, and the well is deep. From where then have thou the living water?
12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank out of it, and his sons, and his livestock?”
Are thou greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his livestock?
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who is drinking of this water will thirst again;
Jesus answered and said to her, Every man who drinks of this water will thirst again,
15 The woman says to Him, “Lord, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
The woman says to him, Give me this water, sir, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw out.
16 Jesus says to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here”;
Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.
17 the woman answered and said, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus says to her, “Well did you say—I do not have a husband;
The woman answered and said to him, I have no husband. Jesus says to her, Thou said correctly, I have no husband.
18 for you have had five husbands, and now, he whom you have is not your husband; you have said this correctly.”
For thou have had five husbands, and he whom thou now have is not thy husband. This thou have said true.
19 The woman says to Him, “Lord, I perceive that You are a prophet;
The woman says to him, Sir, I perceive that thou are a prophet.
20 our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and You say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is required to worship.”
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.
21 Jesus says to her, “Woman, believe Me, that there comes an hour when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father;
Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour is coming when neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem will ye worship the Father.
22 you worship what you have not known; we worship what we have known, because salvation is of the Jews;
Ye worship what ye do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.
23 but there comes an hour, and it now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also seeks such to worship Him;
But an hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for also the Father seeks such kind who worship him.
24 God [is] Spirit, and those worshiping Him should worship in spirit and truth.”
God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
25 The woman says to Him, “I have known that Messiah comes, who is called Christ, when that One may come, He will tell us all things”;
The woman says to him, I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When that man comes he will declare all things to us.
26 Jesus says to her, “I who am speaking to you am [He].”
Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am the man.
27 And on this came His disciples, and were wondering that He was speaking with a woman, no one, however, said, “What do You seek?” Or “Why do You speak with her?”
And upon this his disciples came. And they marveled that he spoke with the woman, yet no man said, What seek thou? or, Why do thou speak with her?
28 The woman then left her water-jug and went away into the city, and says to the men,
The woman therefore left her water pot, and departed into the city, and says to the men,
29 “Come, see a Man who told me all things—as many as I did; is this the Christ?”
Come, see a man who told me all, as many things as I did. Is not this the Christ?
30 They went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming to Him.
They went out of the city, and came to him.
31 And in the meanwhile His disciples were asking Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat”;
In the meanwhile the disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
32 and He said to them, “I have food to eat that you have not known.”
But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not.
33 The disciples then said to one another, “Did anyone bring Him anything to eat?”
The disciples therefore said to each other, Did any man bring him to eat?
34 Jesus says to them, “My food is that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;
Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.
35 do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest comes; behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white to harvest already.
Do ye not say, There are still four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are already white for harvest.
36 And he who is reaping receives a reward, and gathers fruit to continuous life, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together; (aiōnios g166)
And he who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
For in this the saying is true, One is who sows, and another who reaps.
38 I sent you to reap on that which you have not labored; others labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
I sent you to reap what ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.
39 And many from that city believed in Him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, “He told me all things—as many as I did.”
And many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all, as many things as I did.
40 When, then, the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to remain with them, and He remained there two days;
So when the Samaritans came to him they asked him to remain with them, and he remained there two days.
41 and many more believed because of His word,
And many more believed because of his word.
42 and said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of your speaking; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Savior of the world—the Christ.”
And they said to the woman, We no longer believe because of thy speaking, for we have heard ourselves, and know that this really is the Savior of the world, the Christ.
43 And after the two days He went forth from there, and went away to Galilee,
And after the two days he departed from there and went into Galilee.
44 for Jesus Himself testified that a prophet will not have honor in his own country;
For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own fatherland.
45 when then, He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all things that He did in Jerusalem in the celebration—for they also went to the celebration.
So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
46 Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine, and there was a certain attendant, whose son was ailing in Capernaum,
Jesus therefore came again to Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 he, having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea to Galilee, went away to Him, and was asking Him that He may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.
This man having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was going to die.
48 Jesus then said to him, “If you may not see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye may see signs and wonders, ye will, no, not believe.
49 The attendant says to Him, “Lord, come down before my child dies”;
The nobleman says to him, Sir, come down before my child dies.
50 Jesus says to him, “Be going on; your son lives.” And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on,
Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and he departed.
51 and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying, “Your child lives”;
And as he was now going down, his bondmen met him and reported, saying, Thy boy lives.
52 he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him”;
So he inquired of them the hour in which he fared well. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 then the father knew that [it was] in that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives,” and he himself believed, and his whole house;
So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son lives. And he himself believed and his whole house.
54 this again [was] a second sign Jesus did, having come out of Judea to Galilee.
This again is a second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
