The Gospel according to John
John 4:1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
John 4:2 (Though Jesus Himself baptized not, but His disciples,)
John 4:3 He left Ju-dae´-a, and departed again into Galilee.
John 4:4 And He must needs go through Sa-ma´-ri-a.
John 4:5 Then cometh He to a city of Sama´-ri-a, which is called Sy´-char, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
John 4:6 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.
John 4:7 There cometh a woman of Sa-ma´ri-a to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give Me to drink.
John 4:8 (For His disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
John 4:9 Then saith the woman of Sa-ma´ri-a unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Sa-ma´-ri-a? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samar´-i-tans.
John 4:10 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.
John 4:11 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?
John 4:12 Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
John 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
John 4:14 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.
John 4:15 The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
John 4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
John 4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
John 4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
John 4:19 The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet.
John 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and Ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
John 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:23 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.
John 4:24 God is Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:25 The woman saith unto Him, I know that Mes-si´-as cometh, which is called Christ: when He is come, He will tell us all things.
John 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He.
John 4:27 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?
John 4:28 The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
John 4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John 4:30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto Him.
John 4:31 In the mean while His disciples prayed Him, saying, Master, eat.
John 4:32 But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
John 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought Him ought to eat?
John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.
John 4:35 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.
John 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
John 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
John 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John 4:39 And many of the Sa-mar´i-tans of that city believed on Him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
John 4:40 So when the Sa-mar´-i-tans were come unto Him, they besought Him that He would tarry with them: and He abode there two days.
John 4:41 And many more believed because of His own word;
John 4:42 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.
John 4:43 Now after two days He departed thence, and went into Galilee.
John 4:44 For Jesus Himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
John 4:45 Then when He was come into Galilee, the Gal-i-lae´-ans received Him, having seen all the things that He did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
John 4:46 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 Ca-per´na-um.
John 4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Ju-dae´-a 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.
John 4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
John 4:49 The nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
John 4:50 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.
John 4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
John 4:52 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.
John 4:53 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.
John 4:54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when He was come out of Ju-dae´-a into Galilee.