John, 4

1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

1. The Lord knew that the Pharisees were informed about him; people said that Jesus was attracting and baptizing more disciples than John;

2. (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

2. in fact it was not Jesus himself who was baptizing but his disciples.

3. He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

3. So Jesus left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4. And he must needs go through Samaria.

4. He had to cross 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.

5. He came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob had given 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.

6. Jacob's well is there. Tired from his journey, Jesus sat down by the well; it was about noon.

7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

7. Now a Samaritan woman came to draw water and Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."

8. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

8. His disciples had just gone into town to buy some food.

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.

9. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan and a woman, for a drink?" (For Jews, in fact, have no dealings with 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.

10. Jesus replied, "If you only knew the Gift of God! If you knew who it is that asks you for a drink, you yourself would have asked me and I would have given you 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?

11. The woman answered, "Sir, you have no bucket and this well is deep; where is your 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?

12. Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well after he drank from it himself, together with his sons and his cattle?"

13. Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

13. Jesus said to her, "Those who drink of this water will be thirsty 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.

14. but those who drink of the water that I shall give will never be thirsty; for the water that I shall give will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

15. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

15. The woman said to him, "Give me this water, that I may never be thirsty and never have to come here to draw water."

16. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

16. Jesus said, "Go, call your husband and come back here."

17. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

17. The woman answered, "I have no husband." And Jesus replied, "You are right to say: '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.

18. for you have had five husbands and the one you have now is not your husband. What you said is true."

19. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

19. The woman then said to him, "I see you are a prophet; tell me this:

20. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

20. Our fathers used to come to this mountain to worship God; but you Jews, do you not claim that Jerusalem is the only place to worship God?"

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.

21. Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you shall worship the Father, but that will not be on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

22. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

22. You Samaritans worship without knowledge, while we Jews worship with knowledge, for salvation comes from 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.

23. But the hour is coming and is even now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for that is the kind of worshippers the Father wants.

24. God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.

24. God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and 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.

25. The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah, that is the Christ, is coming; when he comes, he will tell us everything."

26. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he].

26. And Jesus said, "I who am talking to you, I 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?

27. At this point the disciples returned and were surprised that Jesus was speaking with a woman; however, no one said, "What do you want?" or: "Why are you talking with her?"

28. The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

28. So the woman left her water jar and ran to the town. There she said to the people,

29. Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

29. "Come and see a man who told me everything I did! Could he not be the Christ?"

30. Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

30. So they left the town and went to meet him.

31. In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

31. In the meantime the disciples urged Jesus, "Master, eat."

32. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

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

33. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him [ought] to eat?

33. And the disciples wondered, "Has anyone brought him food?"

34. Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

34. Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the One who sent me and to carry out 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.

35. You say that in four more months it will be the harvest; now, I say to you, look up and see the fields white and ready for harvesting.

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.

36. People who reap the harvest are paid for their work, and the fruit is gathered for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

37. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

37. Indeed the saying holds true: 'One sows and another reaps.'

38. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

38. I sent you to reap where you didn't work or suffer; others have worked and you are now sharing in their labors."

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.

39. In that town many Samaritans believed in him when they heard the woman who declared, "He told me everything 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.

40. So, when they came to him, they asked him to stay with them and Jesus stayed there two days.

41. And many more believed because of his own word;

41. After that many more believed because of his own words

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.

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

43. Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

43. When the two days were over, Jesus left for Galilee.

44. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

44. Jesus himself said that no prophet is recognized 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.

45. Yet the Galileans welcomed him when he arrived, because of all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the Festival and which they had seen. For they, too, had gone to 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.

46. Jesus went back to Cana of Galilee where he had changed the water into wine. At Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill,

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.

47. and when he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked him to come 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.

48. Jesus said, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe!"

49. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

49. The official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

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.

50. And Jesus replied, "Go, your son is living." The man had faith in the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way.

51. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told [him], saying, Thy son liveth.

51. He was already going down the hilly road when his servants met him with this news, "Your son has recovered!"

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.

52. So he asked them at what hour the child had begun to recover and they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday in the afternoon about one o'clock."

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.

53. And the father realized that it was the time when Jesus told him, "Your son is living." And he became a believer, he and all his family.

54. This [is] again the second miracle [that] Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

54. Jesus performed this second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee.