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John 4:1 (show verse)

Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

John 4:2 (show verse)

though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

John 4:3 (show verse)

He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.

John 4:4 (show verse)

His road lay through Samaria,

John 4:5 (show verse)

and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:6 (show verse)

Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.

John 4:7 (show verse)

Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

John 4:8 (show verse)

for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.

John 4:9 (show verse)

"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

John 4:10 (show verse)

"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

John 4:11 (show verse)

"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?

John 4:12 (show verse)

Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"

John 4:13 (show verse)

"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

John 4:14 (show verse)

but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages."

John 4:15 (show verse)

"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

John 4:16 (show verse)

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

John 4:17 (show verse)

"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;

John 4:18 (show verse)

"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."

John 4:19 (show verse)

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

John 4:20 (show verse)

Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."

John 4:21 (show verse)

"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

John 4:22 (show verse)

You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

John 4:23 (show verse)

But a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.

John 4:24 (show verse)

God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."

John 4:25 (show verse)

"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."

John 4:26 (show verse)

"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."

John 4:27 (show verse)

Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

John 4:28 (show verse)

The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.

John 4:29 (show verse)

"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"

John 4:30 (show verse)

They left the town and set out to go to Him.

John 4:31 (show verse)

Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."

John 4:32 (show verse)

"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."

John 4:33 (show verse)

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

John 4:34 (show verse)

"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.

John 4:35 (show verse)

Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.

John 4:36 (show verse)

The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may 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 it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

John 4:38 (show verse)

I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."

John 4:39 (show verse)

Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."

John 4:40 (show verse)

When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.

John 4:41 (show verse)

Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,

John 4:42 (show verse)

and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."

John 4:43 (show verse)

After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;

John 4:44 (show verse)

though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.

John 4:45 (show verse)

When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.

John 4:46 (show verse)

So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

John 4:47 (show verse)

Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

John 4:48 (show verse)

"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."

John 4:49 (show verse)

"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

John 4:50 (show verse)

"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;

John 4:51 (show verse)

and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.

John 4:52 (show verse)

So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."

John 4:53 (show verse)

Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.

John 4:54 (show verse)

This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.