Jesus
Talks To The Samaritan Woman
The
Pharisees heard
That
Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,
2
Although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized,
But
His Disciples.
3
When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea
And
when back once more to Galilee.
4
Now He had to go through Samaria.
5
So He came to a town called Sychar,
Near
the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6
Jacob's Well was there,
and
Jesus, tired as He was from the Journey,
Sat
down by the Well.
It
was about the sixth hour.
7
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water,
Jesus
said to her,
'Will
you give Me a drink?'
8
(His Disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9
The Samaritan woman said to Him,
'You
are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman.
How
can you ask me for a drink?'
(For
Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10
Jesus answered her,
'IF
YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD
And
who it is that asks you for a drink,
Your
would have asked Him
AND
HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU LIVING WATER.'
11
'Sir,' the woman said,
'You
have nothing to draw with and the well is deep.
Where
can you get this Living Water?
12
Are you greater than our father Jacob,
Who
gave us the well and drank from it himself,
As
did also his sons and his flocks and herds?'
13
Jesus answered,
'EVERYONE
WHO DRINKS THIS WATER WILL BE THIRSTY AGAIN,
14
BUT WHOEVER DRINKS THE WATER I GIVE HIM
WILL
NEVER THIRST.
INDEED,
THE WATER I GIVE HIM
WILL
BECOME IN HIM A SPRING OF WATER
WELLING
UP TO ETERNAL LIFE.'
15
The woman said to him,
'Sir
give me this water
So
that I won't get thirsty
And
have to keep coming here to draw water.'
16
He told her.
'Go,
call your husband and come back.'
17
'I have no husband,' she replied.
Jesus
said to her,
'Your
are right when you say you have no husband.
18
The fact is, you have had five husbands,
And
the man you now have is not your husband.
What
you have just said is quite true.'
19
'Sir,' the woman said,
'I
can see that You are a Prophet.
20
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,
But
you Jews claim
That
the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.'
21
Jesus declared,
'BELEIVE
ME WOMAN, A TIME IS COMING
WHEN
YOU WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER
NEITHER
ON THIS MOUNTAIN NOR IN JERUSALEM.
22
YOU SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW;
WE
WORSHIP WHAT WE DO KNOW,
FOR
SALVATION IS FROM THE JEWS.
23
YET A TIME IS COMING AND HAS NOW COME
WHEN
THE TRUE WORSHIPERS
WILL
WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH,
FOR
THEY ARE THE KIND OF WORSHIPERS THE FATHER SEEKS.
24
GOD IS SPIRIT,
AND
HIS WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP
IN
SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH.'
25
The woman said,
'I
know that Messiah' (called Christ) 'is coming.
When
He come, He will explain everything to us.'
26
Then Jesus declared,
'I
WHO SPEAK TO YOU AM HE.'
The
Disciples Rejoin Jesus
27
Just then His Disciples returned
And
were surprised t find Him talking with a woman.
But
no one asked,
'What
do you want?'
Or
'Why are you talking with her?'
28
Then, leaving her water jar,
the
woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29
'Come see a man who told me everything I ever did.
COULD
THIS BE THE CHRIST?'
30
They came out of the town
And
made their way toward Him.
32
Meanwhile His The Disciples
urged Him (Christ Jesus)
Saying,
Rabbi eat something.
But
He assured them,
I
HAVE FOOD (NOURISHMENT) TO EAT
OF
WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING
And
have no idea.
So
the Disciples said one to another,
Has
someone brought Him something to eat?
Jesus
said to them,
MY
FOOD (NOURISHMENT) IS TO DO THE WILL (PLEASURE)
OF
HIM WHO SENT ME
AND
TO ACCOMPLISH AND COMPLETELY FINISH HIS WORK.
Do
you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes?
LOOK!
I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields
AND
SEE HOW THEY ARE ALREADY WHITE FOR HARVESTING.
ALREADY
THE REAPER IS GETTING HIS WAGES--
HE
WHO DOES THE CUTTING NOW HAS HIS REWARD--
FOR
HE IS GATHERING FRUIT (CROP) UNTO ETERNAL LIFE,
SO
THAT HE WHO DOES THE PLANTING
AND
HE WHO DOES THE REAPING
MAY
REJOICE TOGETHER.
For
in this the saying holds true,
One
Sows an another Reaps.
30
I SENT YOU TO REAP WHAT YOU HAVE NOT WORKED FOR.
OTHERS
HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK,
ANDY
YOU HAVE REAPED THE BENEFITS OF THEIR LABOR.'
Many
Samaritans Believe
Many
Samaritans from that town believed in Him
Because
of the woman's Testimony,
'He
told me everything I ever did.'
40
So when the Samaritans came to Him,
they
urged Him to stay with them,
and
He stayed with two days.
41
And because of His words many more became believers.
42
They said to the woman,
'We
no longer believe just because of what you said;
Now
we have heard for ourselves,
And
we know that this man really is
The
Savior of the World.'
Jesus
Heals The Official's Son
43
After the two days He left for Galilee.
44
(Now Jesus Himself had pointed out
That
a Prophet has no honor in his own country.)
45
When He arrived in Galilee,
the
Galileans welcomed Him.
They
had seen all that He had done in Jerusalem
At
the Passover Feast,
For
they also had been there.
46
Once more He visited Cana in Galilee,
Where
He had turned the water into wine.
And
there was a certain Royal Official
Whose
son lay sick at Capernaum.
47
When this man heard
That
Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
He
went to Him and begged Him to come and heal his son,
Who
was close to death.
48
Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,'
Jesus
told him,
'You
will never believe.'
49
The Royal Official said,
'Sir,
come down before my child dies.'
50
Jesus replied,
'You
may go. Your son will live.'
The
man took Jesus at His Word and departed.
51
While he was still on his way,
His
servants met him with the news
That
his boy was living.
52
When he inquired as to the time when his son got better,
They
said to him,
'The
fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.'
53
Then the father realized
That
this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him,
'Your
son will live.'
So
he and all his household believed.
54
This was the Second Miraculous Sign
That
Jesus performed having come from Judea to Galilee.
(John
4)
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