1Als nun der Herr erkannte, dass die Pharisäer gehört hatten, dass Jesus mehr Jünger machte und taufte als Johannes (Joh 3,22)2– obgleich Jesus selbst nicht taufte, sondern seine Jünger –,3verließ er Judäa und zog wieder nach Galiläa. (Mt 4,12; Joh 4,43)4Er musste aber durch Samaria ziehen.5Er kommt nun in eine Stadt Samarias, genannt Sychar, nahe bei dem Feld, das Jakob seinem Sohn Josef gab. (Jos 24,32)6Es war aber dort eine Quelle Jakobs. Jesus nun, ermüdet von der Reise, setzte sich ohne Weiteres[1] an die Quelle nieder. Es war um die sechste Stunde[2].7Da kommt eine Frau aus Samaria, Wasser zu schöpfen. Jesus spricht zu ihr: Gib mir zu trinken!8– Denn seine Jünger waren weggegangen in die Stadt, um Speise zu kaufen. –9Die samaritanische Frau spricht nun zu ihm: Wie bittest du, der du ein Jude bist, von mir zu trinken, die ich eine samaritanische Frau bin? – Denn die Juden verkehren nicht mit den Samaritanern. – (Lk 9,53)10Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihr: Wenn du die Gabe Gottes kenntest und ⟨wüsstest⟩ wer es ist, der zu dir spricht: Gib mir zu trinken!, so hättest du ihn gebeten, und er hätte dir lebendiges Wasser gegeben. (Joh 7,37; 2Kor 9,15)11Die Frau spricht zu ihm: Herr, du hast kein Schöpfgefäß, und der Brunnen ist tief. Woher hast du denn das lebendige Wasser?12Du bist doch nicht größer als unser Vater Jakob, der uns den Brunnen gab, und er selbst trank daraus und seine Söhne und sein Vieh? (Joh 8,53)13Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihr: Jeden, der von diesem Wasser trinkt, wird wieder dürsten;14wer aber von dem Wasser trinken wird, das ich ihm geben werde, den wird nicht dürsten in Ewigkeit[3]; sondern das Wasser, das ich ihm geben werde, wird in ihm eine Quelle Wassers werden, das ins ewige Leben quillt. (Ps 36,10; Joh 6,27; Joh 6,58; Joh 7,38; Offb 21,6)15Die Frau spricht zu ihm: Herr, gib mir dieses Wasser, damit mich nicht dürstet und ich nicht hierher komme, um zu schöpfen. (Joh 6,34)16Er spricht zu ihr: Geh hin, rufe deinen Mann und komm hierher!17Die Frau antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Ich habe keinen Mann. Jesus spricht zu ihr: Du hast recht gesagt: Ich habe keinen Mann;18denn fünf Männer hast du gehabt, und der, den du jetzt hast, ist nicht dein Mann; hierin[4] hast du wahr geredet.19Die Frau spricht zu ihm: Herr, ich sehe, dass du ein Prophet bist. (Lk 7,16; Joh 9,17)20Unsere Väter haben auf diesem Berg angebetet, und ihr sagt, dass in Jerusalem der Ort sei, wo man anbeten müsse. (5Mo 12,5; 1Kön 9,3; Ps 122,3)21Jesus spricht zu ihr: Frau, glaube mir, es kommt die Stunde, da ihr weder auf diesem Berg noch in Jerusalem den Vater anbeten werdet.22Ihr betet an, was ihr nicht kennt; wir beten an, was wir kennen, denn das Heil[5] ist aus den Juden. (2Kön 17,41; Ps 76,2; Röm 9,5)23Es kommt aber die Stunde und ist jetzt, da die wahren Anbeter den Vater in Geist und Wahrheit anbeten werden; denn auch der Vater sucht solche als seine Anbeter. (Phil 3,3)24Gott ist Geist, und die ihn anbeten, müssen in Geist und Wahrheit anbeten. (Hebr 10,22)25Die Frau spricht zu ihm: Ich weiß, dass der Messias kommt, der Christus genannt wird; wenn jener kommt, wird er uns alles verkündigen. (Joh 1,41)26Jesus spricht zu ihr: Ich bin es, der mit dir redet. (Joh 9,37)
Folgen des Gesprächs mit der Samaritanerin: Glaube der Samaritaner – Vom Erntefeld Gottes
27Und darüber kamen seine Jünger und wunderten sich, dass er mit einer Frau redete. Dennoch sagte niemand: Was suchst du? Oder: Was redest du mit ihr?28Die Frau nun ließ ihren Wasserkrug stehen und ging weg in die Stadt und sagt zu den Leuten:29Kommt, seht einen Menschen, der mir alles gesagt hat, was ich getan habe! Dieser ist doch nicht etwa der Christus? (Joh 4,39)30Sie gingen zu der Stadt hinaus und kamen zu ihm.31In der Zwischenzeit baten ihn die Jünger und sprachen: Rabbi[6], iss!32Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Ich habe eine Speise zu essen, die ihr nicht kennt.33Da sprachen die Jünger zueinander: Hat ihm wohl jemand zu essen gebracht?34Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Meine Speise ist, dass ich den Willen dessen tue, der mich gesandt hat, und sein Werk vollbringe. (Ps 40,9; Mt 4,4; Mt 26,39; Joh 5,30; Joh 6,38; Joh 7,18; Joh 8,29; Joh 9,4; Joh 17,4; Hebr 10,7)35Sagt ihr nicht: Es sind noch vier Monate, und die Ernte kommt? Siehe, ich sage euch: Hebt eure Augen auf und schaut die Felder an! Denn sie sind schon weiß zur Ernte.36Der da erntet, empfängt Lohn und sammelt Frucht zum ewigen Leben, damit beide, der da sät und der da erntet, sich gemeinsam freuen. (1Kor 3,8)37Denn hierin ist der Spruch wahr: Ein anderer ist es, der da sät, und ein anderer, der da erntet.38Ich habe euch gesandt zu ernten, woran ihr nicht gearbeitet habt; andere haben gearbeitet, und ihr seid in ihre Arbeit eingetreten.39Aus jener Stadt aber glaubten viele von den Samaritanern an ihn um des Wortes der Frau willen, die bezeugte: Er hat mir alles gesagt, was ich getan habe. (Joh 4,29; Joh 7,31; Joh 8,30; Joh 10,42; Joh 11,45; Joh 12,11)40Als nun die Samaritaner zu ihm kamen, baten sie ihn, bei ihnen zu bleiben; und er blieb dort zwei Tage. (Lk 24,29; Apg 10,48)41Und ⟨noch⟩ viel mehr ⟨Leute⟩ glaubten um seines Wortes willen; (Joh 7,31; Joh 8,30; Joh 10,42; Joh 11,45; Joh 12,11)42und sie sagten zu der Frau: Wir glauben nicht mehr um deines Redens willen, denn wir selbst haben gehört und wissen, dass dieser wahrhaftig der Retter der Welt ist. (Joh 6,69; Joh 17,8; 1Joh 4,14)
Heilung des Sohnes eines königlichen Beamten
43Nach den zwei Tagen aber zog er von dort weg nach Galiläa; (Lk 7,1; Joh 4,3)44denn Jesus selbst bezeugte, dass ein Prophet im eigenen Vaterland[7] kein Ansehen hat. (Mt 13,57)45Als er nun nach Galiläa kam, nahmen die Galiläer ihn auf, da sie alles gesehen, was er in Jerusalem auf dem Fest getan hatte; denn auch sie waren zu dem Fest gekommen. (5Mo 16,16; Joh 2,23)46Er kam nun wieder nach Kana in Galiläa, wo er das Wasser zu Wein gemacht hatte. Und es war in Kapernaum ein königlicher ⟨Beamter⟩, dessen Sohn krank war. (Joh 2,9)47Als dieser gehört hatte, dass Jesus aus Judäa nach Galiläa gekommen sei, ging er zu ihm hin und bat, dass er herabkomme und seinen Sohn heile; denn er lag im Sterben. (Mk 5,23)48Jesus sprach nun zu ihm: Wenn ihr nicht Zeichen und Wunder seht, so werdet ihr nicht glauben. (Joh 2,18; 1Kor 1,22)49Der königliche ⟨Beamte⟩ spricht zu ihm: Herr, komm herab, ehe mein Kind stirbt!50Jesus spricht zu ihm: Geh hin! Dein Sohn lebt. Der Mann glaubte dem Wort, das Jesus zu ihm sagte, und ging hin. (Mk 7,30)51Aber schon während er hinabging, kamen ihm seine Knechte[8] entgegen und berichteten, dass sein Junge lebe.52Er erforschte nun von ihnen die Stunde, in der es besser mit ihm geworden war; und sie sagten zu ihm: Gestern zur siebten Stunde verließ ihn das Fieber.53Da erkannte der Vater, dass es in jener Stunde war, in der Jesus zu ihm sagte: Dein Sohn lebt. Und er glaubte, er und sein ganzes Haus. (Ps 107,20; Apg 11,14)54Dies tat Jesus wieder als zweites Zeichen, als er aus Judäa nach Galiläa gekommen war. (Joh 2,11)
1Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (Joh 3,22; Joh 3,26)2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),3he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. (Joh 2,11; Joh 2,12)4And he had to pass through Samaria. (Lk 13,33)5So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. (1Mo 33,19; 1Mo 48,22; Jos 24,32; Joh 4,12)6Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[1] (Mt 4,2; Mt 8,24; Mt 21,18; Joh 19,28)7A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (Joh 4,6)8(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)9The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” ( For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) (Esr 4,3; Esr 4,10; Lk 8,48; Lk 9,53)10Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” (Jer 2,13; Jer 17,13; Joh 7,38)11The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?12Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” (Joh 4,5; Joh 8,53)13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.[2] The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (Jes 49,10; Joh 6,35; Joh 6,51; Joh 6,58; Joh 7,37; Joh 7,38; Offb 7,16)15The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” (Joh 6,34)16Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” (Joh 16,8)17The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;18for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”19The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. (Mt 21,11; Lk 7,16; Lk 7,39; Joh 6,14; Joh 9,17)20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” (1Mo 12,6; 1Mo 12,7; 1Mo 33,18; 1Mo 33,20; 5Mo 11,29; 5Mo 12,5; 5Mo 27,12; Jos 8,33; Ri 9,7; Joh 11,48)21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. (Zef 2,11; Mal 1,11; Joh 2,4; Joh 4,23; Joh 5,25; Joh 5,28; Joh 16,2; Joh 16,25; Joh 16,32; 1Tim 2,8)22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. (2Kön 17,28; Ps 147,19; Ps 147,20; Jes 2,3; Mt 2,4; Mt 2,5; Apg 13,23; Apg 17,23; Röm 3,1; Röm 3,2; Röm 9,4; Röm 9,5; Röm 11,26)23But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. (Ps 145,18; Joh 4,21; Joh 6,44; Röm 8,15; Eph 2,18; Eph 6,18; Phil 3,3)24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”25The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” (5Mo 18,18; Joh 1,41; Joh 4,29)26Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” (Joh 9,35)27Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” (Joh 4,8)28So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,29“Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” (Joh 4,17; Joh 4,25)30They went out of the town and were coming to him.31Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” (Joh 1,38)32But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”33So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” (Joh 3,4; Joh 6,34; Joh 6,52)34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. (Hi 23,12; Joh 5,30; Joh 5,36; Joh 6,38; Joh 14,31; Joh 17,4)35Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. (Mt 9,37; Lk 10,2; Joh 4,25)36Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. (Jes 9,3; Am 9,13; Mt 13,37; Mk 4,14; Joh 4,38)37For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ (Hi 31,8)38I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” (Jos 24,13; Apg 8,5; Apg 8,25)39Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” (Joh 4,5; Joh 4,29; Joh 17,20)40So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.41And many more believed because of his word. (Joh 8,30)42They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.” (Joh 1,29; Joh 3,17; Joh 12,47; 1Tim 4,10; 1Joh 4,14; 1Joh 5,20)43After the two days he departed for Galilee. (Joh 4,40)44(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) (Mt 13,57)45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast. (Joh 2,23; Joh 3,2; Joh 4,20)
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
46So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. (Joh 2,1; Joh 2,9)47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. (Joh 4,3)48So Jesus said to him, “Unless you[3] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” (Joh 2,18; Joh 6,30; Joh 20,29)49The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” (Mk 5,35; Lk 8,49; Joh 11,21; Joh 11,32)50Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way.51As he was going down, his servants[4] met him and told him that his son was recovering.52So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[5] the fever left him.”53The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, and all his household. (Apg 11,14; Apg 16,34; Apg 18,8)54This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee. (Joh 2,11)
Johannes 4
King James Version
1When 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,)3He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.4And 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.6Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.7There 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.)9Then 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.10Jesus 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.11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?13Jesus 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.15The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.16Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.17The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.20Our 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.22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.23But 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.24God 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.26Jesus 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,29Come, 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.31In 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.35Say 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.36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.39And 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.40So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.41And many more believed because of his own word;42And 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.44For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.45Then 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.46So 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.47When 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.48Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.50Jesus 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.51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.52Then 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.53So 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.54This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
Johannes 4
Nuova Riveduta 2006
von Società Biblica di Ginevra
Gesù e la donna samaritana
1Quando dunque Gesù seppe che i farisei avevano udito che egli faceva e battezzava più discepoli di Giovanni2(sebbene non fosse Gesù che battezzava, ma i suoi discepoli),3lasciò la Giudea e se ne andò di nuovo in Galilea.4Ora doveva passare per la Samaria.5Giunse dunque a una città della Samaria, chiamata Sicar[1], vicina al podere che Giacobbe aveva dato a suo figlio Giuseppe;6e là c’era la fonte di Giacobbe. Gesù dunque, stanco del cammino, stava così a sedere presso la fonte. Era circa l’ora sesta[2].7Una donna della Samaria venne ad attingere l’acqua. Gesù le disse: «Dammi da bere».8(Infatti i suoi discepoli erano andati in città a comprare da mangiare.)9La donna samaritana allora gli disse: «Come mai tu che sei Giudeo chiedi da bere a me, che sono una donna samaritana?» Infatti i Giudei non hanno relazioni con i Samaritani.10Gesù le rispose: «Se tu conoscessi il dono di Dio e chi è che ti dice: “Dammi da bere”, tu stessa gliene avresti chiesto, ed egli ti avrebbe dato dell’acqua viva».11La donna gli disse: «Signore, tu non hai nulla per attingere, e il pozzo è profondo; da dove avresti dunque quest’acqua viva?12Sei tu più grande di Giacobbe, nostro padre, che ci diede questo pozzo e ne bevve egli stesso con i suoi figli e il suo bestiame?»13Gesù le rispose: «Chiunque beve di quest’acqua avrà di nuovo sete;14ma chi beve dell’acqua che io gli darò, non avrà mai più sete; anzi, l’acqua che io gli darò diventerà in lui una fonte d’acqua che scaturisce in vita eterna».15La donna gli disse: «Signore, dammi di quest’acqua, affinché io non abbia più sete e non venga più fin qui ad attingere».16Egli le disse: «Va’ a chiamare tuo marito e vieni qua».17La donna gli rispose: «Non ho marito». E Gesù: «Hai detto bene: “Non ho marito”,18perché hai avuto cinque mariti, e quello che hai ora non è tuo marito; ciò che hai detto è vero».19La donna gli disse: «Signore, vedo che tu sei un profeta.20I nostri padri hanno adorato su questo monte[3], ma voi dite che è a Gerusalemme il luogo dove bisogna adorare».21Gesù le disse: «Donna, credimi; l’ora viene che né su questo monte né a Gerusalemme adorerete il Padre.22Voi adorate quel che non conoscete; noi adoriamo quel che conosciamo, perché la salvezza viene dai Giudei.23Ma l’ora viene, anzi è già venuta, che i veri adoratori adoreranno il Padre in spirito e verità; poiché il Padre cerca tali adoratori.24Dio è Spirito, e quelli che lo adorano bisogna che lo adorino in spirito e verità».25La donna gli disse: «Io so che il Messia (che è chiamato Cristo) deve venire; quando sarà venuto ci annuncerà ogni cosa».26Gesù le disse: «Sono io, io che ti parlo!»27In quel mentre giunsero i suoi discepoli e si meravigliarono che egli parlasse con una donna; eppure nessuno gli chiese: «Che cerchi?» o: «Perché discorri con lei?»28La donna lasciò dunque la sua secchia, se ne andò in città e disse alla gente:29«Venite a vedere un uomo che mi ha detto tutto quello che ho fatto; non potrebbe essere lui il Cristo?»30La gente uscì dalla città e andò da lui.31Intanto i discepoli lo pregavano, dicendo: «Rabbì, mangia».32Ma egli disse loro: «Io ho un cibo da mangiare che voi non conoscete».33Perciò i discepoli si dicevano gli uni gli altri: «Forse qualcuno gli ha portato da mangiare?»34Gesù disse loro: «Il mio cibo è fare la volontà di colui che mi ha mandato, e compiere l’opera sua.35Non dite voi che ci sono ancora quattro mesi e poi viene la mietitura? Ebbene, vi dico: alzate gli occhi e guardate le campagne come già biancheggiano per la mietitura.36Il mietitore riceve una ricompensa e raccoglie frutto per la vita eterna, affinché il seminatore e il mietitore si rallegrino insieme.37Poiché in questo è vero il detto: “L’uno semina e l’altro miete”.38Io vi ho mandati a mietere là dove voi non avete faticato; altri hanno faticato, e voi siete subentrati nella loro fatica».39Molti Samaritani di quella città credettero in lui a motivo della testimonianza resa da quella donna: «Egli mi ha detto tutto quello che ho fatto».40Quando dunque i Samaritani andarono da lui, lo pregarono di trattenersi da loro; ed egli si trattenne là due giorni.41E molti di più credettero a motivo della sua parola42e dicevano alla donna: «Non è più a motivo di quello che tu ci hai detto, che crediamo; perché noi stessi abbiamo udito e sappiamo che questi è veramente il Salvatore del mondo».
Gesù in Galilea; guarigione del figlio di un ufficiale
43Trascorsi quei due giorni, egli partì di là per la Galilea;44poiché Gesù stesso aveva attestato che un profeta non è onorato nella sua patria.45Quando dunque giunse in Galilea, fu accolto dai Galilei, perché avevano visto le cose che egli aveva fatte in Gerusalemme durante la festa; essi pure infatti erano andati alla festa.46Egli dunque venne di nuovo a Cana di Galilea, dove aveva cambiato l’acqua in vino. Vi era un ufficiale del re[4], il cui figlio era infermo a Capernaum.47Come egli ebbe udito che Gesù era venuto dalla Giudea in Galilea, andò da lui e lo pregò che scendesse e guarisse suo figlio, perché stava per morire.48Perciò Gesù gli disse: «Se non vedete segni e prodigi, voi non crederete».49L’ufficiale del re gli disse: «Signore, scendi prima che il mio bambino muoia».50Gesù gli disse: «Va’, tuo figlio vive». Quell’uomo credette alla parola che Gesù gli aveva detta, e se ne andò.51E mentre già stava scendendo, i suoi servi gli andarono incontro e gli dissero che suo figlio viveva.52Allora egli domandò a che ora avesse cominciato a stare meglio; ed essi gli risposero: «Ieri, all’ora settima, la febbre lo ha lasciato».53Così il padre riconobbe che quella era l’ora in cui Gesù gli aveva detto: «Tuo figlio vive»; e credette, lui con tutta la sua casa.54Gesù fece questo secondo segno miracoloso[5] tornando dalla Giudea in Galilea.