¹ 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 essentially go through Samaria.

⁵ Then comes 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 comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus says unto her, Give me to drink.

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

⁹ Then says the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask 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 you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

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

¹² Are you 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 drinks of this water shall thirst again:

¹⁴ But whosoever drinks 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 says unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come here to draw.

¹⁶ Jesus says unto her, Go, call your husband, and come here.

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

¹⁸ For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: in that said you truly.

¹⁹ The woman says unto him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

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

²¹ Jesus says unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when all of you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

²² All of you worship all of you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

²³ But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit (o. pneuma) and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.

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

²⁵ The woman says unto him, I know that Messiah comes, which is called Christ: when he has come, he will tell us all things.

²⁶ Jesus says unto her, I that speak unto you am he.

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

²⁸ The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and says 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 food to eat that all of you know not of.

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

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

³⁵ Say not all of you, There are yet four months, and then comes 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 reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal: that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.

³⁷ And herein is that saying (o. logos) true, One sows, and another reaps.

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

³⁹ And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying (o. logos) 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; (o. logos)

⁴² And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of your 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 has 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 all of you see signs and wonders, all of you will not believe.

⁴⁹ The nobleman says unto him, Sir, come down before my child die.

⁵⁰ Jesus says unto him, Go your way; your son lives. And the man believed the word (o. logos) 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, Your son lives.

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, Your son lives: 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.