John 4
1 Therefore when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John"
Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples),
(although Jesus Himself wasn’t baptizing, but His disciples were),
3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
He left Judea, and went back towards Galilee.
4 He needed to pass through Samaria.
He had to go through Samaria.
5 So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
He came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,
6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How can you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
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.)
10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
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.”
11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where do you get that living water?
The woman said, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where could you get this living water from?
12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?"
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?”
13 Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will get thirsty again,
15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I do not get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
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.”
16 He said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 The woman answered and said to him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'
The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus told her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband,’
18 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly."
for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now isn’t your husband. What you have said is quite true.”
19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
Jesus told her, “Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.
22 You worship that which you do not know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
You Samaritans worship what you don’t know. We worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
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.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
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.”
26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."
Jesus told her, “I who speak to you am He.”
27 At this, his disciples came. They were surprised that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"
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?”
28 So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and began telling the people,
29 "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
“Come, see a man who told me everything that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
They went out of the city, and started to go to Him.
31 In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him, saying “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."
He told them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
33 The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
So the disciples asked one another, “Nobody brought Him anything to eat, did they?”
34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish His work.
35 Do you not say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
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.
36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to everlasting life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
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)
37 For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
Thus the saying ‘One plants and another harvests’ is true.
38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
I sent you to harvest that for which you didn’t labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I did."
Many Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything that I ever did.”
40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
So when the Samaritans arrived, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed because of his word.
Many more believed because of His words.
42 They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."
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.”
43 After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.
After the two days, He departed from there and went to Galilee,
44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
for Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45 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.
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.
46 Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
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.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and pleaded with him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was close to death.
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.
48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49 The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
The royal official said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
50 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
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.
51 As he was now going down, his servants met him, saying that his son was alive.
As he was still going down the road, his servants met him, saying that his son was living.
52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at one in the afternoon, the fever left him."
So he asked them the hour when he began to recover, and they told him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house.
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.
54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
This was the second sign that Jesus did, when He had come from out of Judea to Galilee.
