1Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptising more disciples than John –2although in fact it was not Jesus who baptised, but his disciples.3So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.4Now he had to go through Samaria.5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.7When 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.)9The 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.*)10Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you 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?12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?’13Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,14but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’15The 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.’16He told her, ‘Go, call your husband and come back.’17‘I have no husband,’ she replied. Jesus said to her, ‘You are right when you say you have no husband.18The 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.20Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.’21‘Woman,’ Jesus replied, ‘believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.22You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.24God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’25The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah’ (called Christ) ‘is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’26Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you – I am he.’
The disciples rejoin Jesus
27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no-one asked, ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’28Then, 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’ve ever done. Could this be the Messiah?’30They came out of the town and made their way towards him.31Meanwhile his disciples urged him, ‘Rabbi, eat something.’32But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’33Then his disciples said to each other, ‘Could someone have brought him food?’34‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.35Don’t you have a saying, “It’s still four months until harvest”? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.36Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.37Thus the saying “One sows and another reaps” is true.38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labour.’
Many Samaritans believe
39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me everything I’ve ever done.’40So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.41And because of his words many more became believers.42They 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 Saviour of the world.’
Jesus heals an official’s son
43After the two days he left for Galilee.44(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honour in his own country.)45When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there.46Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay ill at Capernaum.47When 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 signs and wonders,’ Jesus told him, ‘you will never believe.’49The royal official said, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies.’50‘Go,’ Jesus replied, ‘your son will live.’ The man took Jesus at his word and departed.51While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.52When he enquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, ‘Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.’53Then the father realised that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, ‘Your son will live.’ So he and his whole household believed.54This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
New International Reader’s Version
Jesus talks with a woman from Samaria
1Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard about him. They had heard that he was gaining and baptising more disciples than John.2But in fact Jesus was not baptising. His disciples were.3So Jesus left Judea and went back again to Galilee.4Jesus had to go through Samaria.5He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar. It was near the piece of land Jacob had given his son Joseph.6Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from the journey. So he sat down by the well. It was about noon.7A woman from Samaria came to get some water. Jesus said to her, ‘Will you give me a drink?’8His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.9The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew. I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?’ She said this because Jews don’t have anything to do with Samaritans.10Jesus answered her, ‘You do not know what God’s gift is. And you do not know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would have asked him. He would have given you living water.’11‘Sir’, the woman said, ‘you don’t have anything to get water with. The well is deep. Where can you get this living water?12Our father Jacob gave us the well. He drank from it himself. So did his sons and his livestock. Are you more important than he is?’13Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.14But anyone who drinks the water I give them will never be thirsty. In fact, the water I give them will become a spring of water in them. It will flow up into eternal life.’15The woman said to him, ‘Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty. And I won’t have to keep coming here to get water.’16He told her, ‘Go. Get your husband and come back.’17‘I have no husband,’ she replied. Jesus said to her, ‘You are right when you say you have no husband.18The fact is, you have had five husbands. And the man you live with now is not your husband. What you have just said is very true.’19‘Sir’, the woman said, ‘I can see that you are a prophet.20Our people have always worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.’21Jesus said, ‘Woman, believe me. A time is coming when you will not worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.22You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know. Salvation comes from the Jews.23But a new time is coming. In fact, it is already here. True worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth. They are the kind of worshippers the Father is looking for.24God is spirit. His worshippers must worship him in the Spirit and in truth.’25The woman said, ‘I know that Messiah is coming.’ Messiah means Christ. ‘When he comes, he will explain everything to us.’26Then Jesus said, ‘The one you’re talking about is the one speaking to you. I am he.’
The disciples join Jesus again
27Just then Jesus’ disciples returned. They were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, ‘What do you want from her?’ No one asked, ‘Why are you talking with her?’28The woman left her water jar and went back to the town. She said to the people,29‘Come. See a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could this be the Messiah?’30The people came out of the town and made their way towards Jesus.31His disciples were saying to him, ‘Rabbi, eat something!’32But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’33Then his disciples asked each other, ‘Did someone bring him food?’34Jesus said, ‘My food is to do what my Father sent me to do. My food is to finish his work.35Don’t you have a saying? You say, “It’s still four months until harvest time.” But I tell you, open your eyes! Look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest right now.36Even now the one who gathers the crop is getting paid. They are already harvesting the crop for eternal life. So the one who plants and the one who gathers can now be glad together.37Here is a true saying. “One plants and another gathers.”38I sent you to gather what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work. You have gathered the benefits of their work.’
Many Samaritans believe in Jesus
39Many of the Samaritans from the town of Sychar believed in Jesus. They believed because of what the woman had said about him. She said, ‘He told me everything I’ve ever done.’40Then the Samaritans came to him and tried to get him to stay with them. So he stayed two days.41Because of what he said, many more people became believers.42They said to the woman, ‘We no longer believe just because of what you said. We have now heard for ourselves. We know that this man really is the Saviour of the world.’
Jesus heals an official’s son
43After the two days, Jesus left for Galilee.44He himself had pointed out that a prophet is not respected in his own country.45When he arrived in Galilee, the people living there welcomed him. They had seen everything he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast. That was because they had also been there.46Once more, Jesus visited Cana in Galilee. Cana is where he had turned the water into wine. A royal official was there. His son was ill in bed at Capernaum.47The official heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea. So he went to Jesus and begged him to come and heal his son. The boy was close to death.48Jesus told him, ‘You people will never believe unless you see signs and wonders.’49The royal official said, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies.’50‘Go’, Jesus replied. ‘Your son will live.’ The man believed what Jesus said, and so he left.51While he was still on his way home, his slaves met him. They gave him the news that his boy was living.52He asked what time his son got better. They said to him, ‘Yesterday, at one o’clock in the afternoon, the fever left him.’53Then the father realised what had happened. That was the exact time Jesus had said to him, ‘Your son will live.’ So he and his whole family became believers.54This was the second sign that Jesus did after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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