4 When
therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John, 2 (Though
Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 3 He
left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And
he must needs go 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. 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. 7 There
cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give
me to drink. 8 (For
his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 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. 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. 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? 12 Art
thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus
answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh
of this water shall thirst 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. 15 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither
come hither to draw. 16 Jesus
saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and
come hither. 17 The
woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For
thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:
in that saidst thou truly. 19 The
woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our
fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is
the place where men ought to worship. 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. 22 Ye
worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of
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. 24 God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and
in truth. 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. 26 Jesus
saith unto her, I that speak unto thee
am he. 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?
28The
woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith
to the men, 29 Come,
see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then
they went out of the city, and came unto him. 31 In
the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But
he said unto them, I have meat to eat that
ye know not of. 33 Therefore
said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? 34 Jesus
saith unto them, My meat is to do the will
of him that sent me, and to finish 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. 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. 37 And herein
is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent
you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and
ye are entered into their labours. 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. 40 So
when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would
tarry with them: and he abode there two days. 41 And
many more believed because of his own word; 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. 43 Now
after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44 For
Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour 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. 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. 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. 48 Then
said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs
and wonders, ye will not believe. 49 The
nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 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. 51 And
as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy
son liveth. 52 Then
enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto
him, Yesterday at the seventh hour 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. 54 This
is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea
into Galilee.
