Holman Christian Standard Bible

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1When Jesus knew that the Pharisees heard He was making and baptizing more disciples than John

1Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John

2(though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were),

2(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did).

3He left Judea and went again to Galilee.

3So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4He had to travel through Samaria,

4He had to go through Samaria on the way.

5so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph.

5Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening.

6Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.

7A woman of Samaria came to draw water. "Give Me a drink," Jesus said to her,

7Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”

8for His disciples had gone into town to buy food."

8He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

9How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.

9The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?”

10Jesus answered, "If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, Give Me a drink,' you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.""

10Jesus 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.”

11Sir," said the woman, "You don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this '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?

12You aren't greater than our father Jacob, are You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock."

12And 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?”

13Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again.

13Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.

14But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again--ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.""

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.”

15Sir," the woman said to Him, "give me this water so I won't get thirsty and come here to draw water."

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 call your husband," He told her, "and come back here.""

16 “Go and get your husband,” Jesus told her.

17I don't have a husband," she answered. "You have correctly said, I don't have a husband,'" Jesus said.

17“I don’t have a husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband—

18"For you've had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.""

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!”

19Sir," the woman replied, "I see that You are a prophet.

19“Sir,” the woman said, “you must be a prophet.

20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, yet you Jews say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem."

20So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”

21 Jesus told her, "Believe Me, woman, an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

21Jesus 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 Jerusalem.

22You Samaritans worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

22 You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.

23But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.

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.

24God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

25The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will explain everything to us."

25The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26"I am He," Jesus told her, "the One speaking to you."

26Then Jesus told her, “ I Am the Messiah!”

27Just then His disciples arrived, and they were amazed that He was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, "What do You want?" or "Why are You talking with her?"

27Just 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?”

28Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the men, "

28The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,

29Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?"

29“Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?”

30They left the town and made their way to Him.

30So the people came streaming from the village to see him.

31In the meantime the disciples kept urging Him, "Rabbi, eat something."

31Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32But He said, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."

32But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”

33The disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought Him something to eat?"

33“Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.

34"My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work," Jesus told them.

34Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

35"Don't you say, There are still four more months, then comes the harvest? Listen to what I'm telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

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.

36The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

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!

37For in this case the saying is true: One sows and another reaps.'

37 You know the saying, ‘One plants and another harvests.’ And it’s true.

38I sent you to reap what you didn't labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor."

38 I sent you to harvest where you didn’t plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest.” Many Samaritans Believe

39Now many Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of what the woman said when she testified, "He told me everything I ever did."

39Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, “He told me everything I ever did!”

40Therefore, when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed there two days.

40When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,

41Many more believed because of what He said.

41long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.

42And they told the woman, "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this really is the Savior of the world."

42Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world.” Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43After two days He left there for Galilee.

43At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee.

44Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

44He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.

45When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him because they had seen everything He did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had gone to the festival.

45Yet the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.

46Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

46As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.

47When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and pleaded with Him to come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

48Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.""

48Jesus asked, “Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?”

49Sir," the official said to Him, "come down before my boy dies!"

49The official pleaded, “Lord, please come now before my little boy dies.”

50"Go," Jesus told him, "your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and departed.

50Then Jesus told him, “Go back home. Your son will live!” And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.

51While he was still going down, his slaves met him saying that his boy was alive.

51While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.

52He asked them at what time he got better. "Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him," they answered.

52He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, “Yesterday afternoon at one o’clock his fever suddenly disappeared!”

53The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.

53Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.

54This, therefore, was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.

54This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.

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