John 4
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing 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 (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),
(though Jesus himself was not accustomed to baptize, but his disciples),
3 he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 He needed to pass through Samaria.
Now he had to pass 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.
so he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece 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.
Jacob’s Spring was there. So Jesus, tired out with his journey, was sitting thus by the spring.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a 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 therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, 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 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.”
"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 said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
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 her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
"All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here 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 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and then come here."
17 The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’"Jesus said to her,
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 man you now have is not your husband; in this you have spoken truly."
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
"I see, Sir, that you are a prophet," replied the woman.
20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people 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 said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you 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 You worship that which you don’t know. 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 comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
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 spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to 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 said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
Jesus said to her, "I who am now talking to you, am he."
27 Just then, his disciples came. They marveled 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 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 So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,
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 everything that I have done. Can this be 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 were coming to him.
They left the city and set out to go to him.
31 In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Meanwhile the disciples kept urging him.
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
"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, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
So the disciples began to say to one another, "Can any one have brought him something to eat?"
34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Jesus said to them. "My food is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
35 Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
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 He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps 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 For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
For in this respect the saying is true, ‘One sows, another reaps.’
38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you 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 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 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 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
So when the Samaritans arrived, they began asking him to remain with them; and he stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed because of his word.
Then many more believed because of what he said, himself; and they told the woman.
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 Christ, the Savior 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 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
After these two days Jesus went away from there into 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 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 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.
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 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and begged him that he would come 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 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
49 The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
"Sir," said the king’s officer, "come down before my little boy 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 answered. "Go your way. Your son lives." And the man believed the word which Jesus spoke to him, and started to go home.
51 As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
And when he was already on his way down, his slaves met him, saying that his boy was living.
52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore 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 at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did 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 is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
This is the second sign which Jesus performed, on returning from Judea to Galilee.
