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 needs go through Samaria. 5Then 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: 14But 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.
21Jesus 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.
25The 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.
27And 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?
30Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
33Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
34Jesus 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.
43Now 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.