John 4
1 Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Therefore when the Lord knew, the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but his disciples, )
3 he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 He had to pass through Samaria,
And as He must pass through the country of Samaria, He came to a Samaritan city called Sichar,
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.
near the piece of ground which 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.
And Jacob's well was there. Now Jesus was tired with his journey, and sat down at the well: and it was about the sixth hour of the day,
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”
when a woman of Samaria coming to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
(For his disciples were gone away to the city to buy food.)
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).
But the Samaritan saith unto Him, How is it that thou who art a Jew askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the 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.”
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.
11 “You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep,” she said. “Where did you get that ‘living water?’
The woman saith unto Him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?
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!”
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 “All who drink of this water,” replied Jesus, “will be thirsty again;
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst 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.”
The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.
16 “Go and call your husband,” said Jesus, “and then come back.”
Jesus saith unto her, Go call thine husband, and come hither.
17 “I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,
The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou hast said right, I have no husband:
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 thou hast had five husbands; and he, whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: this thou hast said true.
19 “I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.
The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that thou art 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 fathers worshipped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
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.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the time is coming, when ye shall 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.
Ye worship ye know not what; but we worship what we know: for salvation is 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 the time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for the Father requireth such worshippers of Him.
24 God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”
God is a spirit, and they that worship Him, must worship in spirit and truth.
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.”
Then saith the woman unto Him, I know that the Messiah, that is to say the Christ, is coming; and when He comes, He will tell us all things.
26 “I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”
Jesus saith unto her, I, who am talking to thee, am He.
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?’
And upon this came his disciples and wondered that He talked with the woman: (though none of them said, What dost thou seek? or, Why dost thou talk with her?)
28 So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people,
therefore the woman left her water-pot, and went away into the city,
29 “Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?”
and saith to the people, Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did; is not this the Christ?
30 And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
They therefore went out of the city, and came to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him, “Take something to eat, Rabbi.”
In the mean time his disciples addressed Him, saying, Master, eat.
32 “I have food to eat,” he answered, “of which you know nothing.”
But He said unto them, I have food to eat, which ye know not of.
33 “Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
Therefore the disciples said one to another, Hath any one brought Him aught to eat?
34 “My food,” replied Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
Jesus saith unto them, My food is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish 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 not ye say, it is yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, they are already white for harvest.
36 Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for eternal life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth the fruit together unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together; (aiōnios g166)
37 For here the proverb holds good – ‘One sows, another reaps.’
for herein the saying is verified, that one soweth, and another reapeth,
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.”
in as much as I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labors.
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.’
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him, because of what the woman said, testifying, He told me all that ever I did.
40 And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
Therefore when the Samaritans came to Him, they desired Him to stay with them: and He staid there two days.
41 But far more came to believe in him because of what he said himself,
And many more believed on account of his own discourse:
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 said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of what thou hast spoken; for we ourselves have heard Him, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
And after two days he departed thence, and went into Cana of Galilee.
44 for he himself declared that ‘a prophet is not honored in his own country.’
For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet hath no honor 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.
And when He was come into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast.
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.
Therefore Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine.
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.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum: who, when he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and intreated Him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Jesus answered, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe.
49 “Sir,” said the officer, “come down before my child dies.” And Jesus answered, “Go, your son is living.”
The nobleman saith unto Him, Lord, come down before my child die.
50 The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;
Jesus saith unto him, Go, thy son is well. And the man believed what Jesus said unto him, and went his way.
51 and, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, Thy son is 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.”
He inquired therefore of them the hour in which he grew better: and they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour 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.
So the father knew that it was in that same hour, in which Jesus said to him, Thy son is well. And he and his whole family believed.
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 wrought, upon coming out of Judea into Galilee.
