{"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/wnt/john/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:42:58.534Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WNT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":4,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":54},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, |Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John|--"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He left Judaea and returned to Galilee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"His road lay through Samaria,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"|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.)"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"|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.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"|Sir,| she said, |you have nothing to draw with, and the  well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"|Every one,| replied Jesus, |who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"|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.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"|Go and call your husband,| said Jesus; |and come back.|"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"|I have no husband,| she replied. |You rightly  say that you have no husband,| said Jesus;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"|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.|"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"|Sir,| replied the woman, |I see that you are a Prophet."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.|"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"|Believe me,| said Jesus, |the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"You worship  One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"God is  Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship.|"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"|I know,| replied the woman, |that Messiah is coming--'the  Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything.|"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"|I am He,| said Jesus--|I who am now talking to you.|"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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?|"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The woman however, leaving her  pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"|Come,| she said, |and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They left the town and  set out to go to Him."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. |Rabbi,| they said, |eat something.|"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"|I have food to eat,| He replied, |of which you do not know.|"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"So the disciples began questioning one another. |Can it be,| they said, |that some one has brought Him something to eat?|"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"|My food,| said Jesus, |is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"For it is  in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"When however the Samaritans came to Him, they  asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,"},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"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.|"},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;"},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"|Unless you and others see miracles and marvels,| said Jesus, |nothing will induce you to believe.|"},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"|Sir,| pleaded the officer, |come down before my child dies.|"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"|You may return home,| replied Jesus; |your son has recovered.| He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. |Yesterday,  about seven o'clock,| they replied, |the fever left him.|"},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"This is  the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 4 (WNT)","markdown":"[John 4](https://primebible.com/wnt/john/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WNT. https://primebible.com/wnt/john/4 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}