{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/john/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:35:44.519Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":54},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he must needs pass through Samaria."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Jesus answered and said unto 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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he ."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They went out of the city, and were coming to him."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"And many more believed because of his word;"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way."},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[John 4](https://primebible.com/asv/john/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/john/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}