John 4
1 Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing 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 it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 He had to pass through Samaria,
His road lay through Samaria,
5 and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land 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 Jacob’s Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about midday.
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 A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 “How is it,” replied the Samaritan woman, “that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?” (For Jews do not associate 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 “If you knew of the gift of God,” replied Jesus, “and who it is that is saying to you ‘Give me some water,’ 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 “You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep,” she said. “Where did you get that ‘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 Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!”
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 “All who drink of this water,” replied Jesus, “will be thirsty again;
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 “Give me this water, Sir,” said the woman, “so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water.”
"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 “Go and call your husband,” said Jesus, “and then come back.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 “I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 “For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth.”
"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 “I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 “It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem.”
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 “Believe me,” replied Jesus, “a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will 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 Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.
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 who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 “I know,” answered the woman, “that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything.”
"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 “I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking 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 So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be 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 And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him, “Take something to eat, Rabbi.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 “I have food to eat,” he answered, “of which you know nothing.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 “Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 “My food,” replied Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
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 Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for eternal life, so that sower and reaper 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 here the proverb holds good – ‘One sows, another reaps.’
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 have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have reaped the results of 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 Many from that town came to believe in Jesus – Samaritans though they were – because the woman had said, ‘He has told me everything that I have done.’
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 And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed 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 But far more came to believe in him because of what he said himself,
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 and they said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world.”
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 After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 for he himself declared that ‘a prophet is not honored in his own country.’
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.
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 So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at 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 When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
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 answered, “Unless you all 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 “Sir,” said the officer, “come down before my child dies.” And Jesus answered, “Go, your son is living.”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 and, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. “It was yesterday, about one o’clock,” they said, “that 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 By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him ‘Your son is living’; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.
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 was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
