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Samaritans.* She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman.
Why are you asking me for a drink?”
10 Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are
speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”
11 “But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very
deep. Where would you get this living water? 12 And besides, do you think
you’re greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you
offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
13 Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty
again. 14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It
becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
15 “Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I’ll never be
thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
16 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.
17 “I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—18 for you have had
five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with
now. You certainly spoke the truth!”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet. 20 So tell me, why is it that
you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samar
itans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim,* where our ancestors worshiped?”
21 Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will
no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Je
rusalem. 22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while
we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews. 23 But the
time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship
the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will
worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must
worship in spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming— the one who is called
Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus told her, “I Am the Messiah!”*
27 Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking
to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with
her?” or “Why are you talking to her?” 28 The woman left her water jar beside
the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, 29 “Come and see a man
who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 So
the people came streaming from the village to see him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”
33 “Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked
each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will
of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. 35 You know the saying,
‘Four months between planting and harvest.’ But I say, wake up and look
around. The fields are already ripe* for harvest. 36 The harvesters are paid
good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What
joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike! 37 You know the saying,
hello honey
4:9 Some manuscripts do not include this sentence. 4:20 Greek on this mountain. 4:26 Or
“The ‘I Am’ is here”; or “I am the Lord”; Greek reads “I am, the one speaking to you.” See Exod 3:14.
4:35 Greek white.
