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A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples),
(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
Jesus answered and said to 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 her, “If you knew 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.”
The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.”
Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’
Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’
The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;
for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.”
The Whitened Harvest
And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”
And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?”
Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”
The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men,
So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,
“Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
“Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”
Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
They went out of the town and were coming to him.
In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.”
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?”
So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.
And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’
For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’
I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.”
I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
The Savior of the World
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”
Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.”
So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and 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.
They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”
Welcome at Galilee
Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.
After the two days he departed for Galilee.
For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.)
So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.
So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast.
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.
So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.
When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe.”
The nobleman said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies!”
The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”
Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” And he himself believed, and his whole household.
The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household.