John 4
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),
(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
3 he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.
4 He needed to pass through Samaria.
But it was necessary for him to go 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 town of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given 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.
The well of Jacob was there. Jesus was tired from his journey and sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.”
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
For his disciples had gone away into the town 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.)
Then the Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, are asking me, being a Samaritan woman, for something to drink?” 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.”
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked 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?
The woman said to him, “Sir, you do not have a bucket and the well is deep. Where then do you have the 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?”
You are not greater, are you, than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his cattle?”
13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Jesus replied and said to her, “Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty 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.”
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I may not become thirsty and not have to come here to draw water.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.”
17 The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus replied, “You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
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 one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where people have to 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.
Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, for salvation is 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.
However, the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to be his worshipers.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is Spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and 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.”
The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming (the one called Christ). When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one speaking to you.”
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?”
At that moment his disciples returned. Now they were wondering why he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you speaking with her?”
28 So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,
So the woman left her water pot, went back to the town, and said 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 told me everything that I have ever done. This could not be the Christ, could it?”
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
They left the town and came to him.
31 In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
In the meantime, the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
33 The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
So the disciples said to each other, “No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?”
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 complete 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, 'There are four more months and then the harvest comes'? I am saying to you, look up and see the fields, for they are already ripe 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)
He who is harvesting receives wages and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that he who sows and he who harvests may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
For in this the saying, 'One sows, and another harvests,' is true.
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 harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have entered into their labor.”
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 in that city believed in him because of the report of the woman who was testifying, “He told me everything that I have done.”
40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed because of his word.
Many more believed because of his word.
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.”
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is indeed the savior of the world.”
43 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
After those two days, he departed from there for Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
For Jesus himself declared 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 came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, for they had also gone to the festival.
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.
Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. There was a certain royal official whose son in Capernaum was ill.
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 to Galilee, he went to Jesus and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
48 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
Jesus then said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
49 The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child 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 said to him, “Go. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went away.
51 As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
While he was going down, his servants met him, saying that his son 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 the hour when he began to improve. They replied to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour 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 was at that hour that Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives.” So he himself and his whole household believed.
54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
This was the second sign that Jesus did when he came out of Judea to Galilee.
