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John 4 (WEBP)

[1] Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
[2] (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),
[3] he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
[4] He needed to pass through Samaria.
[5] So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
[6] Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
[7] A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
[8] For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
[9] The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
[10] Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
[11] The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
[12] Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
[13] Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
[14] but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
[15] The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
[16] Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
[17] The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
[18] for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”
[19] The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
[20] Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
[21] Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
[22] You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
[23] But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers.
[24] God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
[25] The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
[26] Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
[27] Just then, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”
[28] So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,
[29] “Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?”
[30] They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
[31] In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
[32] But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
[33] The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
[34] Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
[35] Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
[36] He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
[37] For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
[38] I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
[39] From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”
[40] So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
[41] Many more believed because of his word.
[42] They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
[43] After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
[44] For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
[45] So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
[46] Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
[47] When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
[48] Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
[49] The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
[50] Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
[51] As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
[52] So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
[53] So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.
[54] This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.

John 4:6 noon
John 4:25 “Messiah” (Hebrew) and “Christ” (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”.
John 4:52 1:00 p.m.

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John 4 (KJVS)

[1] When therefore the Lord knew () how the Pharisees had heard () that Jesus made () and baptized () more disciples than John ,
[2] (Though Jesus himself baptized () not , but his disciples ,)
[3] He left () Judaea , and departed () again into Galilee .
[4] And he must needs () go () through Samaria .
[5] Then cometh he () to a city of Samaria , which is called () Sychar , near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave () to his son Joseph .
[6] Now Jacob’s well was () there . Jesus therefore , being wearied () with [his] journey , sat () thus on the well : [and] it was () about the sixth hour .
[7] There cometh () a woman of Samaria to draw () water : Jesus saith () unto her , Give () me to drink ().
[8] (For his disciples were gone away () unto the city to buy () meat .)
[9] Then saith () the woman of Samaria unto him , How is it that thou , being () a Jew , askest () drink () of me , which am () a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings () with the Samaritans .
[10] Jesus answered () and said () unto her , If thou knewest () the gift of God , and who it is () that saith () to thee , Give () me to drink (); thou wouldest have asked () of him , and he would have given () thee living () water .
[11] The woman saith () unto him , Sir , thou hast () nothing to draw with , and the well is () deep : from whence then hast thou () that living () water ?
[12] Art () thou greater than our father Jacob , which gave () us the well , and drank () thereof himself , and his children , and his cattle ?
[13] Jesus answered () and said () unto her , Whosoever drinketh () of this water shall thirst () again :
[14] But whosoever drinketh () of the water that I shall give () him shall never thirst (); but the water that I shall give () him shall be () in him a well of water springing up () into everlasting life .
[15] The woman saith () unto him , Sir , give () me this water , that I thirst () not , neither come () hither to draw ().
[16] Jesus saith () unto her , Go (), call () thy husband , and come () hither .
[17] The woman answered () and said (), I have () no husband . Jesus said () unto her , Thou hast well said (), I have () no husband :
[18] For thou hast had () five husbands ; and he whom thou now hast () is () not thy husband : in that saidst thou () truly .
[19] The woman saith () unto him , Sir , I perceive () that thou art () a prophet .
[20] Our fathers worshipped () in this mountain ; and ye say (), that in Jerusalem is () the place where men ought () to worship ().
[21] Jesus saith () unto her , Woman , believe () me , the hour cometh (), when ye shall neither in this mountain , nor yet at Jerusalem , worship () the Father .
[22] Ye worship () ye know () not what : we know () what we worship (): for salvation is () of the Jews .
[23] But the hour cometh (), and now is (), when the true worshippers shall worship () the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh () such to worship () him .
[24] God [is] a Spirit : and they that worship () him must () worship () [him] in spirit and in truth .
[25] The woman saith () unto him , I know () that Messias cometh (), which is called () Christ : when he is come (), he will tell () us all things .
[26] Jesus saith () unto her , I that speak () unto thee am () [he].
[27] And upon this came () his disciples , and marvelled () that he talked () with the woman : yet no man said (), What seekest thou ()? or , Why talkest thou () with her ?
[28] The woman then left () her waterpot , and went her way () into the city , and saith () to the men ,
[29] Come (), see () a man , which told () me all things that ever I did (): is () not this the Christ ?
[30] Then they went () out of the city , and came () unto him .
[31] In the mean while his disciples prayed () him , saying (), Master , eat ().
[32] But he said () unto them , I have () meat to eat () that ye know not of ().
[33] Therefore said () the disciples one to another , Hath any man brought () him [ought] to eat ()?
[34] Jesus saith () unto them , My meat is () to do () the will of him that sent () me , and to finish () his work .
[35] Say () not ye , There are () yet four months , and [then] cometh () harvest ? behold (), I say () unto you , Lift up () your eyes , and look on () the fields ; for they are () white already to harvest .
[36] And he that reapeth () receiveth () wages , and gathereth () fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth () and he that reapeth () may rejoice () together .
[37] And herein is () that saying true , One soweth () (), and another reapeth ().
[38] I sent () you to reap () that whereon ye bestowed no labour (): other men laboured (), and ye are entered () into their labours .
[39] And many of the Samaritans of that city believed () on him for the saying of the woman , which testified (), He told () me all that ever I did ().
[40] So when the Samaritans were come () unto him , they besought () him that he would tarry () with them : and he abode () there two days .
[41] And many more believed () because of his own word ;
[42] And said () unto the woman , Now we believe (), not because of thy saying : for we have heard () [him] ourselves , and know () that this is () indeed the Christ , the Saviour of the world .
[43] Now after two days he departed () () thence , and went into Galilee .
[44] For Jesus himself testified (), that a prophet hath () no honour in his own country .
[45] Then when he was come () into Galilee , the Galilaeans received () him , having seen () all the things that he did () at Jerusalem at the feast : for they also went () unto the feast .
[46] So Jesus came () again into Cana of Galilee , where he made () the water wine . And there was () a certain nobleman , whose son was sick () at Capernaum .
[47] When he heard () that Jesus was come () out of Judaea into Galilee , he went () unto him , and besought () him that he would come down (), and heal () his son : for he was at the point () of death ().
[48] Then said () Jesus unto him , Except ye see () signs and wonders , ye will not believe ().
[49] The nobleman saith () unto him , Sir , come down () ere my child die ().
[50] Jesus saith () unto him , Go thy way (); thy son liveth (). And the man believed () the word that Jesus had spoken () unto him , and he went his way ().
[51] And as he was now going down (), his servants met () him , and told () [him], saying (), Thy son liveth ().
[52] Then enquired he () of them the hour when he began () to amend . And they said () unto him , Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left () him .
[53] So the father knew () that [it was] at the same hour , in the which Jesus said () unto him , Thy son liveth (): and himself believed (), and his whole house .
[54] This [is] again the second miracle [that] Jesus did (), when he was come out () of Judaea into Galilee .

Young’s Literal Translation

John 4 (YLT)

[1] When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,
[2] (though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)
[3] he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,
[4] and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.
[5] He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;
[6] and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;
[7] there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, ‘Give me to drink;’
[8] for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;
[9] the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, ‘How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?’ for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.
[10] Jesus answered and said to her, ‘If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.’
[11] The woman saith to him, ‘Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?
[12] Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?’
[13] Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;
[14] but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst-to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.’
[15] The woman saith unto him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.’
[16] Jesus saith to her, ‘Go, call thy husband, and come hither;’
[17] the woman answered and said, ‘I have not a husband.’ Jesus saith to her, ‘Well didst thou say-A husband I have not;
[18] for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.’
[19] The woman saith to him, ‘Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet;
[20] our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye-ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.’
[21] Jesus saith to her, ‘Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father;
[22] ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;
[23] but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;
[24] God is a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.’
[25] The woman saith to him, ‘I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;’
[26] Jesus saith to her, ‘I am he, who am speaking to thee.’
[27] And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, ‘What seekest thou?’ or ‘Why speakest thou with her?’
[28] The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men,
[29] ‘Come, see a man, who told me all things-as many as I did; is this the Christ?’
[30] They went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming unto him.
[31] And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, ‘Rabbi, eat;’
[32] and he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that ye have not known.’
[33] The disciples then said one to another, ‘Did any one bring him anything to eat?’
[34] Jesus saith to them, ‘My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
[35] do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.
[36] ‘And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;
[37] for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.
[38] I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.
[39] And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying,-‘He told me all things-as many as I did.’
[40] When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days;
[41] and many more did believe because of his word,
[42] and said to the woman-‘No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world-the Christ.’
[43] And after the two days he went forth thence, and went away to Galilee,
[44] for Jesus himself testified that a prophet in his own country shall not have honour;
[45] when then, he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all things that he did in Jerusalem in the feast-for they also went to the feast.
[46] Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain courtier, whose son was ailing in Capernaum,
[47] he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.
[48] Jesus then said unto him, ‘If signs and wonders ye may not see, ye will not believe.’
[49] The courtier saith unto him, ‘Sir, come down before my child die;’
[50] Jesus saith to him, ‘Be going on; thy son doth live.’ And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on,
[51] and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying-‘Thy child doth live;’
[52] he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him-‘Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;’
[53] then the father knew that it was in that hour in which Jesus said to him-‘Thy son doth live,’ and he himself believed, and his whole house;
[54] this again a second sign did Jesus, having come out of Judea to Galilee.