John 4
1 Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"
When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),
(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3 he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 Now he had to pass through Samaria;
Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5 so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water.
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8 Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 "How is it," answered the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask a drink from me, a woman, and a Samaritan?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 "If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11 "Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
12 Surely you are not greater than our Father Jacob, who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle, too?"
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
13 "All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
15 "Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."
The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and then come here."
Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 "I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’"Jesus said to her,
“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
18 "for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."
In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
19 "I see, Sir, that you are a prophet," replied the woman.
“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
20 "Our forefathers worshiped in this mountain, yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 "Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.
But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25 "I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 Jesus said to her, "I who am now talking to you, am he."
Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
27 Just then his disciples came up, and were astonished that he was talking with a woman; yet not one of them asked him, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
28 Then the woman left her water-jar, and went away into the city and began saying to the people.
Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29 "Come! see a man who has told me everything that I ever did. He can’t be the Christ, can he?"
“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 They left the city and set out to go to him.
So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31 Meanwhile the disciples kept urging him.
Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 "Rabbi," they said, "eat something." But he answered, "I have food to eat of which you know nothing."
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 So the disciples began to say to one another, "Can any one have brought him something to eat?"
So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34 Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35 Do you not say, ‘It wants yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you! Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest.
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
36 The reaper is already receiving wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 For in this respect the saying is true, ‘One sows, another reaps.’
For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38 I sent you to reap a crop on which you have not toiled. Others have toiled, and you have reaped the benefit of their toil."
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
39 Many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman when she declared, "He told me everything that I ever did."
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
40 So when the Samaritans arrived, they began asking him to remain with them; and he stayed there two days.
So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41 Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.
And many more believed because of His message.
42 "We no longer believe because of what you said. for we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is certainly the Saviour of the world."
They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
43 After these two days Jesus went away from there into Galilee.
After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45 When he reached Galilee, however, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they, too, had been at the feast.
Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
46 So he came back again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.
So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and heal his son who was lying at the point of death.
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
48 Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49 "Sir," said the king’s officer, "come down before my little boy dies."
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50 Jesus answered. "Go your way. Your son lives." And the man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and started to go home.
“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51 And when he was already on his way down, his slaves met him, saying that his boy was living.
And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52 So he asked them at what hour he had begun mend. They answered, "Yesterday, about one o’clock, the fever left him."
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
53 Then the father realized that it had left him at the very hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son lives," and he himself believed, and his whole household.
Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
54 This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.
This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
