John 4
1 And so, when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made more disciples and baptized more than John,2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but only his disciples)3 he left behind Judea, and he traveled again to Galilee.4 Now he needed to cross through Samaria.5 Therefore, he went into a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the estate which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.6 And Jacobs well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour.7 A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, Give me to drink.8 For his disciples had gone into the city in order to buy food.9 And so, that Samaritan woman said to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, are requesting a drink from me, though I am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not associate with the Samaritans.10 Jesus responded and said to her: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, Give me to drink, perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water.11 The woman said to him: Lord, you do not have anything with which to draw water, and the well is deep. From where, then, do you have living water?12 Surely, you are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and who drank from it, with his sons and his cattle?13 Jesus responded and said to her: All who drink from this water will thirst again. But whoever shall drink from the water that I will give to him will not thirst for eternity.14 Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.15 The woman said to him, Lord, give me this water, so that I may not thirst and may not come here to draw water.16 Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and return here.17 The woman responded and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her: You have spoken well, in saying, I have no husband.18 For you have had five husbands, but he whom you have now is not your husband. You have spoken this in truth.19 The woman said to him: Lord, I see that you are a Prophet.20 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.21 Jesus said to her: Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you shall worship the Father, neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know. For salvation is from the Jews.23 But the hour is coming, and it is now, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeks such persons who may worship him.24 God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.25 The woman said to him: I know that the Messiah is coming (who is called the Christ). And then, when he will have arrived, he will announce everything to us.26 Jesus said to her: I am he, the one who is speaking with you.27 And then his disciples arrived. And they wondered that he was speaking with the woman. Yet no one said: What are you seeking? or, Why are you talking with her?28 And so the woman left behind her water jar and went into the city. And she said to the men there:29 Come and see a man who has told me all the things that I have done. Is he not the Christ?30 Therefore, they went out of the city and came to him.31 Meanwhile, the disciples petitioned him, saying, Rabbi, eat.32 But he said to them, I have food to eat which you do not know.33 Therefore, the disciples said to one another, Could someone have brought him something to eat?34 Jesus said to them: My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work.35 Do you not say, There are still four months, and then the harvest arrives? Behold, I say to you: Lift up your eyes and look at the countryside; for it is already ripe for the harvest.36 For he who reaps, receives wages and gathers fruit unto eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.37 For in this the word is true: that it is one who sows, and it is another who reaps.38 I have sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.39 Now many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman who was offering testimony: For he told me all the things that I have done.40 Therefore, when the Samaritans had come to him, they petitioned him to lodge there. And he lodged there for two days.41 And many more believed in him, because of his own word.42 And they said to the woman: Now we believe, not because of your speech, but because we ourselves have heard him, and so we know that he is truly the Savior of the world.43 Then, after two days, he departed from there, and he traveled into Galilee.44 For Jesus himself offered testimony that a Prophet has no honor in his own country.45 And so, when he had arrived in Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all that he had done at Jerusalem, in the day of the feast. For they also went to the feast day.46 Then he went again into Cana of Galilee, where he made water into wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capernaum.47 Since he had heard that Jesus came to Galilee from Judea, he sent to him and begged him to come down and heal his son. For he was beginning to die.48 Therefore, Jesus said to him, Unless you have seen signs and wonders, you do not believe.49 The ruler said to him, Lord, come down before my son dies.50 Jesus said to him, Go, your son lives. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and so he went away.51 Then, as he was going down, his servants met him. And they reported to him, saying that his son was alive.52 Therefore, he asked them at which hour he had become better. And they said to him, Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.53 Then the father realized that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him, Your son lives. And both he and his entire household believed.54 This next sign was the second that Jesus accomplished, after he had arrived in Galilee from Judea.
John 4
Departure From Judea
1 Now when Jesusst knew that the Phariseess had heard that het was winningt and baptizing more disciples than John2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),s
3 he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.s
Conversation With a Samaritan Woman
4 But he hads to pass through Samaria.s5 Now he came to a Samaritan townt called Sychar,s near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.s
6 Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down besidet the well. It was about noon.ts
7 A Samaritan womant came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some watert to drink.”8 (For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.t)s
9 So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you – a Jewt – ask me, a Samaritan woman, for watert to drink?” (For Jews use nothing in commonts with Samaritans.)s
10 Jesus answeredt her, “If you had knownt the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some watert to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”ts11 “Sir,”t the womans said to him, “you have no bucket and the wellt is deep; where then do you get thist living water?s
12 Surely you’re not greater than our ancestort Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”t
13 Jesus replied,t “Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirstyt again.14 But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again,t but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountaint of water springing upt to eternal life.”15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to drawt water.”t16 Hess said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.”t17 The woman replied,t “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said,t ‘I have no husband,’t
18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living witht now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I seet that you are a prophet.20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,s and you peoplet say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.”s21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman,s a timet is coming when you will worshipt the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.22 You peoplet worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.t23 But a timet is coming – and now is heret – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seekss such people to bet his worshipers.ts24 God is spirit,t and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ);ts “whenever het comes, he will tellt us everything.”t
26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.”
The Disciples Return
27 Now at that very moment his disciples came back.t They were shockedt because he was speakingt with a woman. However, no one said, “What do you want?”ts or “Why are you speaking with her?”28 Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people,t29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah,t can he?”t
30 Sot they left the town and began comings to him.
Workers for the Harvest
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,t “Rabbi, eat something.”t32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”33 So the disciples began to sayt to one another, “No one brought him anythingt to eat, did they?”t34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent mes and to completet his work.ts35 Don’t you say,t ‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look upt and see that the fields are already whitet for harvest!36 The one who reaps receives payt and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.37 For in this instance the saying is true,t ‘One sows and another reaps.’
38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
The Samaritans Respond
39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified,t “He told me everything I ever did.”40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began askingt him to stay with them.t He stayed there two days,41 and because of his word many moret believed.
42 They said to the woman, “No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this onet really is the Savior of the world.”s
Onward to Galilee
43 After the two days he departed from there to Galilee.44 (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)s
45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalemss at the feasts (for they themselves had gone to the feast).s
Healing the Royal Official’s Son
46 Now he came again to Canas in Galilee where he had made the water wine.s Int Capernaumss there was a certain royal officialt whose son was sick.47 When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged himt to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you peoplet see signs and wonders you will never believe!”t49 “Sir,” the official said to him, “come down before my child dies.”
50 Jesus told him, “Go home;t your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.t
51 While he was on his way down,s his slavest met him and told him that his son was going to live.52 So he asked them the timet when his condition began to improve,t andt they told him, “Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoont the fever left him.”53 Then the father realized that it was the very timet Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed along with his entire household.
54 Jesus did this as his second miraculous signt when he returned from Judea to Galilee.