{"book":"John","slug":"john","ch":4,"genre":"prose","sub":"The Gospel according to John","prev":"john/3","next":"john/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware [He] was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John","f":["Literally When therefore Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus; NE, WH, BYZ, and TR When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus"],"h":"Jesus and the Samaritan Woman","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"(although [it was] not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"He left Judea and returned to Galilee.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Now He had to pass through Samaria.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from [His] journey, sat down by the well. It was about [the] sixth hour.","f":["That is, about noon"]},{"v":7,"t":"[When] a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,“ Give Me a drink.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[When] a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Give Me a drink.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"( - His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"“ You are a Jew,” said the woman.“ How {can} You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)","f":["Tischendorf does not include this sentence."],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"Jesus answered,“ If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you [for] a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus answered,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you [for] a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"“ Sir,” the woman replied,“ You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get [this] living water?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us [this] well and drank from it himself, [as did] his sons and his livestock?”","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"Jesus said to her,“ Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus said to her,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"The woman said to Him,“ Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty [and] have to keep coming here to draw [water].”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"[Jesus] told her,“ Go, call your husband and come [back].”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"[Jesus] told her,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Go, call your husband and come [back].”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"“ I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her,“ You are correct {to say} that you have no husband.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ I have no husband,” the woman replied."},{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus said to her,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ You are correct {to say} that you have no husband."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"“ Sir,” the woman said,“ I see that You are a prophet.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [ Jews ] say that the place where [one] must worship is in Jerusalem.”","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"“ Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied,“ a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"But a time is coming and {has} now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"God [is] Spirit, and [His] worshipers must worship Him in spirit and [in] truth.”","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"The woman said,“ I know that Messiah ” ( - called Christ) “ is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"Jesus answered,“ I who speak to you am [He].”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus answered,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ I who speak to you am [He].”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":27,"t":"Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked [Him],“ What do You want [from her]?” or “ Why are You talking with her?”","f":[],"h":"The Disciples Return and Marvel","style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"“ Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"[So] they left the town and made their way toward [Jesus].","f":[]},{"v":31,"t":"Meanwhile the disciples urged Him,“ Rabbi, eat [something].”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"But He told them,“ I have food to eat that you know nothing [about].”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"But He told them,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ I have food to eat that you know nothing [about].”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":33,"t":"So the disciples asked one another,“ [Could] someone have brought Him food?”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":34,"t":"Jesus explained,“ My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus explained,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":35,"t":"{Do} you not say,‘ There are still four months [until] the harvest ’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.","f":["Literally white"]},{"v":36,"t":"{Already} the reaper draws [his] wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.","f":[],"style":"red"},{"v":37,"t":"For in this case the saying ‘ One sows and another reaps ’ is true.","f":[]},{"v":38,"t":"I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and {now} you have taken up their labor.”","f":[]},{"v":39,"t":"Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in [Jesus] because of the woman’s testimony,“ He told me everything I ever did.”","f":[],"h":"Many Samaritans Believe","style":"reg"},{"v":40,"t":"So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.","f":[]},{"v":41,"t":"And many more believed because of His message.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":42,"t":"They said to the woman,“ We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this [man] truly is the Savior of the world.”","f":[]},{"v":43,"t":"After two days, [Jesus] left for Galilee.","f":[],"h":"Jesus Heals the Official’s Son","style":"reg"},{"v":44,"t":"Now [He] Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in [his] own hometown.","f":[]},{"v":45,"t":"Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone [there] as well.","f":[]},{"v":46,"t":"So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water {into} wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":47,"t":"[When] he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.","f":[]},{"v":48,"t":"Jesus said to him,“ Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Jesus said to him,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":49,"t":"“ Sir,” the official said,“ come down before my child dies.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":50,"t":"“ Go,” said Jesus.“ Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"“ Go,” said Jesus."},{"style":"red","t":"“ Your son will live.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"The man took Jesus at His word and departed."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":51,"t":"And while he {was} still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.","f":[]},{"v":52,"t":"So he inquired as to the hour when [his son] had recovered, and they told him,“ The fever left him yesterday [at the] seventh hour.”","f":["That is, one in the afternoon"],"style":"reg"},{"v":53,"t":"Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him,“ Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him,"},{"style":"red","t":"“ Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":54,"t":"This [was] now [the] second sign [that] Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}