John 4
1 When therefore Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Accordingly when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,"
2 (though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples, )
(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),
3 he left Judaea, and went again to Galilee.
he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 And he must necessarily pass through Samaria.
Now he had to pass through Samaria;
5 He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Jacob’s Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.
It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water.
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman saith to him, How is it that thou, who art a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
"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.)
10 Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
"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."
11 The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Whence hast thou the living water?
"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
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?"
13 Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinketh of this water, will thirst again;
"All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;
15 The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.
"Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."
16 He saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and then come here."
17 The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou saidst well, that thou hast no husband.
"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’"Jesus said to her,
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in this thou hast spoken truly.
"for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."
19 The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
"I see, Sir, that you are a prophet," replied the woman.
20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
"Our forefathers worshiped in this mountain, yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."
21 Jesus saith to her, Believe me, woman, the hour is coming, when ye shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
"Woman, believe me," said Jesus, "that the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
You are worshiping something you do not know. we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such worshippers the Father seeketh.
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.
24 God is a spirit; and they who worship must worship in spirit and in truth.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
25 The woman saith to him, I know that Messiah cometh (who is called Christ); when he hath come, he will tell us all things.
"I know," said the woman, "that Messiah is coming, who is called the Christ; when he has come he will tell us everything."
26 Jesus saith to her, I who speak to thee am he.
Jesus said to her, "I who am now talking to you, am he."
27 And upon this his disciples came, and marveled that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, What dost thou seek? or, Why dost thou talk with her?
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?"
28 The woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city, and saith to the men,
Then the woman left her water-jar, and went away into the city and began saying to the people.
29 Come, see a man who told me all things which I have done. Is this the Christ?
"Come! see a man who has told me everything that I ever did. He can’t be the Christ, can he?"
30 They went out of the city, and came to him.
They left the city and set out to go to him.
31 In the mean while the disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
Meanwhile the disciples kept urging him.
32 But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not of.
"Rabbi," they said, "eat something." But he answered, "I have food to eat of which you know nothing."
33 The disciples therefore said to one another, Hath any one brought him anything to eat?
So the disciples began to say to one another, "Can any one have brought him something to eat?"
34 Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
35 Do ye not say, There are yet four months, and the harvest cometh? Lo! I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
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.
36 Already is the reaper receiving wages, and gathering fruit unto everlasting life; that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
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)
37 And herein is fulfilled the true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth.
For in this respect the saying is true, ‘One sows, another reaps.’
38 I have sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.
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."
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in him because of the words of the woman, who testified, He told me all things which I have done.
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."
40 When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to remain with them; and he remained there two days.
So when the Samaritans arrived, they began asking him to remain with them; and he stayed there two days.
41 And many more believed on account of his word;
Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.
42 and said to the woman, No longer do we believe on account of what thou hast told us; for we have ourselves heard him, and know that this is in truth the Saviour of the world.
"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."
43 And after the two days he went from that place into Galilee.
After these two days Jesus went away from there into Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.
For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45 When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast.
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.
46 So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick, at Capernaum.
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.
47 He, having heard that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him, and asked him to go down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
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.
48 Then Jesus said to him, Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
49 The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down before my child die.
"Sir," said the king’s officer, "come down before my little boy dies."
50 Jesus saith to him, Go; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and went away.
Jesus answered. "Go your way. Your son lives." And the man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and started to go home.
51 And as he was now going down, the servants met him, and brought word that his child was living.
And when he was already on his way down, his slaves met him, saying that his boy was living.
52 Then he inquired of them the hour when he began to mend. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
So he asked them at what hour he had begun mend. They answered, "Yesterday, about one o’clock, the fever left him."
53 So the father knew that it was in the same hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son is living. And he himself believed, and his whole house.
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.
54 This again, a second sign, Jesus wrought, when he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.
This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.
