John 4
1 When therefore the LORD knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus makes and immerses 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 (though indeed Jesus Himself was not immersing, but His disciples),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 He left Judea and went away again to Galilee,
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 and it was necessary [for] Him to go through Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 He comes, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place 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 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;
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 there comes a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, “Give Me to drink”;
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 for His disciples were gone away into the city that they may buy food;
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
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.
"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 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.”
"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, “Lord, You do not even have a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; from where, then, have You the 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 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 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 is drinking 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, “Lord, give me this water, 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 here”;
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
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;
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 for you have had five husbands, and now, he whom you have is not your husband; you have said this correctly.”
"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, “Lord, I perceive that You are a prophet;
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you 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 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, that there comes an hour when neither in 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 worship what you have not known; we worship what we have known, because salvation is of the Jews;
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes 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 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 worshiping Him should 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 have known that Messiah comes, who is called Christ, when that One may come, He will tell us all things”;
"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 who am speaking to you am [He].”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
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?”
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 The woman then left her water-jug and went away into the city, 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 all things—as many as I did; is this 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 forth therefore out of the city, and were coming to Him.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 And in the meanwhile His disciples were asking Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat”;
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 and He said to them, “I have food to eat that you have not known.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 The disciples then said to one another, “Did anyone bring Him anything 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 that I may do the will of Him who sent Me, and may finish His work;
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish 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 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 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)
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 for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
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 on that which you have not labored; others 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 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.”
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 When, then, the Samaritans came to Him, they were asking Him to remain with them, and He remained 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 and many more believed because of His word,
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
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 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 And after the two days He went forth from there, and went away to Galilee,
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 for Jesus Himself testified that a prophet will not have honor in his own country;
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
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.
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 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,
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 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.
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 then said to him, “If you may not 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 attendant says to Him, “Lord, come down before my child dies”;
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "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,
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying, “Your child 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 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 at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "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;
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 again [was] a second sign Jesus did, having come out of Judea to Galilee.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
