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John 4:1 (show verse)

Therefore when the Lord knew, the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

John 4:2 (show verse)

(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but his disciples,)

John 4:3 (show verse)

He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

John 4:4 (show verse)

And as He must pass through the country of Samaria, He came to a Samaritan city called Sichar,

John 4:5 (show verse)

near the piece of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:6 (show verse)

And Jacob's well was there. Now Jesus was tired with his journey, and sat down at the well: and it was about the sixth hour of the day,

John 4:7 (show verse)

when a woman of Samaria coming to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

John 4:8 (show verse)

(For his disciples were gone away to the city to buy food.)

John 4:9 (show verse)

But the Samaritan saith unto Him, How is it that thou who art a Jew askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.

John 4:10 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.

John 4:11 (show verse)

The woman saith unto Him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?

John 4:12 (show verse)

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?

John 4:13 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst again;

John 4:14 (show verse)

but he that drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall never thirst: but the water, which I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of water springing up unto eternal life.

John 4:15 (show verse)

The woman saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

John 4:16 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto her, Go call thine husband, and come hither.

John 4:17 (show verse)

The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou hast said right, I have no husband:

John 4:18 (show verse)

for thou hast had five husbands; and he, whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: this thou hast said true.

John 4:19 (show verse)

The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

John 4:20 (show verse)

Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

John 4:21 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the time is coming, when ye shall worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

John 4:22 (show verse)

Ye worship ye know not what; but we worship what we know: for salvation is from the Jews.

John 4:23 (show verse)

But the time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for the Father requireth such worshippers of Him.

John 4:24 (show verse)

God is a spirit, and they that worship Him, must worship in spirit and truth.

John 4:25 (show verse)

Then saith the woman unto Him, I know that the Messiah, that is to say the Christ, is coming; and when He comes, He will tell us all things.

John 4:26 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto her, I, who am talking to thee, am He.

John 4:27 (show verse)

And upon this came his disciples and wondered that He talked with the woman: (though none of them said, What dost thou seek? or, Why dost thou talk with her?)

John 4:28 (show verse)

therefore the woman left her water-pot, and went away into the city,

John 4:29 (show verse)

and saith to the people, Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did; is not this the Christ?

John 4:30 (show verse)

They therefore went out of the city, and came to Him.

John 4:31 (show verse)

In the mean time his disciples addressed Him, saying, Master, eat.

John 4:32 (show verse)

But He said unto them, I have food to eat, which ye know not of.

John 4:33 (show verse)

Therefore the disciples said one to another, Hath any one brought Him aught to eat?

John 4:34 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto them, My food is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 4:35 (show verse)

Do not ye say, it is yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, they are already white for harvest.

John 4:36 (show verse)

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth the fruit together unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth 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 herein the saying is verified, that one soweth, and another reapeth,

John 4:38 (show verse)

in as much as I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labors.

John 4:39 (show verse)

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him, because of what the woman said, testifying, He told me all that ever I did.

John 4:40 (show verse)

Therefore when the Samaritans came to Him, they desired Him to stay with them: and He staid there two days.

John 4:41 (show verse)

And many more believed on account of his own discourse:

John 4:42 (show verse)

and said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of what thou hast spoken; for we ourselves have heard Him, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

John 4:43 (show verse)

And after two days he departed thence, and went into Cana of Galilee.

John 4:44 (show verse)

For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.

John 4:45 (show verse)

And when He was come into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast.

John 4:46 (show verse)

Therefore Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine.

John 4:47 (show verse)

And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum: who, when he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and intreated Him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

John 4:48 (show verse)

Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe.

John 4:49 (show verse)

The nobleman saith unto Him, Lord, come down before my child die.

John 4:50 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto him, Go, thy son is well. And the man believed what Jesus said unto him, and went his way.

John 4:51 (show verse)

And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, Thy son is well.

John 4:52 (show verse)

He inquired therefore of them the hour in which he grew better: and they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John 4:53 (show verse)

So the father knew that it was in that same hour, in which Jesus said to him, Thy son is well. And he and his whole family believed.

John 4:54 (show verse)

This is the second miracle that Jesus wrought, upon coming out of Judea into Galilee.