John 4

John 4

¹ When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

¹ Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

² (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

² (Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),

³ He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

³ He left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.

⁴ And he must needs go through Samaria.

⁴ He had to pass through Samaria,

⁵ Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

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.

⁶ Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

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 mid-day.

⁷ There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

⁷ A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her--"Give me some to drink,"

⁸ (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

⁸ For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.

⁹ Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

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).

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

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'."

¹¹ The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

¹¹ "You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

¹² Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

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!"

¹³ Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

¹³ "All who drink of this water," replied Jesus, "will be thirsty again;

¹⁴ But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

¹⁴ But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

¹⁵ The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

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."

¹⁶ Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

¹⁶ "Go and call your husband," said Jesus, "and then come back."

¹⁷ The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

¹⁷ "I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'"replied Jesus,

¹⁸ For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

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."

¹⁹ The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

¹⁹ "I see, Sir, that you are a Prophet!" exclaimed the woman.

²⁰ Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

²⁰ "It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem."

²¹ Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

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.

²² Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

²² You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

²³ But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

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.

²⁴ God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

²⁴ God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

²⁵ The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

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."

²⁶ Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

²⁶ "I am he," Jesus said to her, "I who am speaking to you."

²⁷ And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

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?'

²⁸ The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

²⁸ So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people.

²⁹ Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

²⁹ "Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"

³⁰ Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

³⁰ And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.

³¹ In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him. "Take something to eat, Rabbi."

³² But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

³² "I have food to eat," he answered, "of which you know nothing."

³³ Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

³³ "Can any one have brought him anything to eat?" the disciples said to one another.

³⁴ Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

³⁴ "My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

³⁵ Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

³⁵ Do not you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!

³⁶ And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

³⁶ Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for Immortal Life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together.

³⁷ And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

³⁷ For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'

³⁸ I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

³⁸ I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

³⁹ And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

³⁹ Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

⁴⁰ So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

⁴⁰ And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

⁴¹ And many more believed because of his own word;

⁴¹ But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

⁴² And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

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."

⁴³ Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

⁴³ After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;

⁴⁴ For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

⁴⁴ For he himself declared that 'a Prophet is not honored in his own country.'

⁴⁵ Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

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.

⁴⁶ So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

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.

⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

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.

⁴⁸ Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

⁴⁸ Jesus answered. "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

⁴⁹ The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

⁴⁹ "Sir," said the officer, "come down before my child dies." And Jesus answered. "Go, your son is living."

⁵⁰ Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

⁵⁰ The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;

⁵¹ And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

⁵¹ And, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.

⁵² Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

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."

⁵³ So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

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.

⁵⁴ This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

⁵⁴ This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.