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John 4:1 (show verse)

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

John 4:2 (show verse)

(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),

John 4:3 (show verse)

He left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.

John 4:4 (show verse)

He had to pass through Samaria,

John 4:5 (show verse)

And, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:6 (show verse)

Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.

John 4:7 (show verse)

A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her- - "Give me some to drink,"

John 4:8 (show verse)

For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.

John 4:9 (show verse)

"How is it," replied the Samaritan woman, "that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).

John 4:10 (show verse)

"If you knew of the gift of God," replied Jesus, "and who it is that is saying to you 'Give me some water,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you 'living water'."

John 4:11 (show verse)

"You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep," she said; "where did you get that 'living water?'

John 4:12 (show verse)

Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!"

John 4:13 (show verse)

"All who drink of this water," replied Jesus, "will be thirsty again;

John 4:14 (show verse)

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

John 4:15 (show verse)

"Give me this water, Sir," said the woman, "so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water."

John 4:16 (show verse)

"Go and call your husband," said Jesus, "and then come back."

John 4:17 (show verse)

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,

John 4:18 (show verse)

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

John 4:19 (show verse)

"I see, Sir, that you are a Prophet!" exclaimed the woman.

John 4:20 (show verse)

"It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem."

John 4:21 (show verse)

"Believe me," replied Jesus, "a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.

John 4:22 (show verse)

You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for Salvation comes from the Jews.

John 4:23 (show verse)

But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.

John 4:24 (show verse)

God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly."

John 4:25 (show verse)

"I know," answered the woman, "that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything."

John 4:26 (show verse)

"I am he," Jesus said to her, "I who am speaking to you."

John 4:27 (show verse)

At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'

John 4:28 (show verse)

So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people:

John 4:29 (show verse)

"Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?"

John 4:30 (show verse)

And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.

John 4:31 (show verse)

Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him: "Take something to eat, Rabbi."

John 4:32 (show verse)

"I have food to eat," he answered, "of which you know nothing."

John 4:33 (show verse)

"Can any one have brought him anything to eat?" the disciples said to one another.

John 4:34 (show verse)

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

John 4:35 (show verse)

Do not you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!

John 4:36 (show verse)

Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for Immortal Life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together.
Awakenings and religious reforms » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
religious Awakenings » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
Converts » Instances of » The samaritans
Deathless » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Everlasting » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
God's Promises » Of reward for spiritual service » The benevolent
Harvest » Spiritual, general references to
Jesus Christ » History of » Visits sychar and teaches the samaritan woman
Joy » Great joy, occasions of » In service
Joy » Soul-winners' » The sower and the reaper rejoice together
spiritual Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
Life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Reaping » Spiritual harvest
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Received wages
Reward » For spiritual service » The benevolent
Samaria » Country of » Jesus travels through
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Joy in, found by the faithful
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Jesus visits; disciples made in
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Harvest, spiritual, general references to
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
the future » The rewards of the faithful for spiritual service » The benevolent
religious Work » Examples of » Joy in

John 4:37 (show verse)

For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'

John 4:38 (show verse)

I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

John 4:39 (show verse)

Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'

John 4:40 (show verse)

And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.

John 4:41 (show verse)

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

John 4:42 (show verse)

And they said to the woman: "It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world."

John 4:43 (show verse)

After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;

John 4:44 (show verse)

For he himself declared that 'a Prophet is not honored in his own country.'

John 4:45 (show verse)

When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.

John 4:46 (show verse)

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the King's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

John 4:47 (show verse)

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

John 4:48 (show verse)

Jesus answered: "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

John 4:49 (show verse)

"Sir," said the officer, "come down before my child dies." And Jesus answered: "Go, your son is living."

John 4:50 (show verse)

The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;

John 4:51 (show verse)

And, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.

John 4:52 (show verse)

So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. "It was yesterday, about one o'clock," they said, "that the fever left him."

John 4:53 (show verse)

By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him 'Your son is living'; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.

John 4:54 (show verse)

This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.