Jesus and the Samaritan Woman 1 UEB Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John BSB BSB: When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 UEB (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), BSB BSB: (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3 UEB he left Judea and went back again to Galilee. BSB BSB: He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 UEB But it was necessary for him to go through Samaria. BSB BSB: Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5 UEB So he came to a town of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. BSB BSB: So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 UEB The well of Jacob was there. Jesus was tired from his journey and sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour. BSB BSB: Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 UEB A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink." BSB BSB: When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8 UEB For his disciples had gone away into the town to buy food. BSB BSB: (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 UEB Then the Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, are asking me, being a Samaritan woman, for something to drink?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. BSB BSB: “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 UEB Jesus answered and said to her, "If you had known the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11 UEB The woman said to him, "Sir, you do not have a bucket and the well is deep. Where then do you have the living water? BSB BSB: “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
12 UEB You are not greater, are you, than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his cattle?" BSB BSB: Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
13 UEB Jesus replied and said to her, "Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again, BSB BSB: Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14 UEB but whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. Instead, the water that I will give him will become a fountain of water in him, springing up to eternal life." BSB BSB: But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
15 UEB The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I may not become thirsty and not have to come here to draw water." BSB BSB: The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 UEB Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come back here." BSB BSB: Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 UEB The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus replied, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,' BSB BSB: “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
18 UEB for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true." BSB BSB: In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
19 UEB The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet. BSB BSB: “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
21 UEB Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
23 UEB However, the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to be his worshipers. BSB BSB: But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
24 UEB God is Spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." BSB BSB: God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25 UEB The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (the one called Christ). When he comes, he will explain everything to us." BSB BSB: The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 UEB Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one speaking to you." BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
The Disciples Return and Marvel 27 UEB At that moment his disciples returned. Now they were wondering why he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?" BSB BSB: Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
28 UEB So the woman left her water pot, went back to the town, and said to the people, BSB BSB: Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29 UEB "Come, see a man who told me everything that I have ever done. This could not be the Christ, could it?" BSB BSB: “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 UEB They left the town and came to him. BSB BSB: So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31 UEB In the meantime, the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." BSB BSB: Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 UEB But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." BSB BSB: But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 UEB So the disciples said to each other, "No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?" BSB BSB: So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34 UEB Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. BSB BSB: Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35 UEB Do you not say, 'There are four more months and then the harvest comes'? I am saying to you, look up and see the fields, for they are already ripe for harvest! BSB BSB: Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
36 UEB He who is harvesting receives wages and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that he who sows and he who harvests may rejoice together. BSB BSB: Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
37 UEB For in this the saying, 'One sows, and another harvests,' is true. BSB BSB: For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38 UEB I sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you have entered into their labor." BSB BSB: I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
Many Samaritans Believe 39 UEB Many of the Samaritans in that city believed in him because of the report of the woman who was testifying, "He told me everything that I have done." BSB BSB: Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
40 UEB So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. BSB BSB: So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41 UEB Many more believed because of his word. BSB BSB: And many more believed because of His message.
42 UEB They said to the woman, "We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is indeed the savior of the world." BSB BSB: They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
Jesus Heals the Official’s Son (Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10)
43 UEB After those two days, he departed from there for Galilee. BSB BSB: After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44 UEB For Jesus himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country. BSB BSB: Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45 UEB When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, for they had also gone to the festival. BSB BSB: Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
46 UEB Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. There was a certain royal official whose son in Capernaum was ill. BSB BSB: So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
47 UEB When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Jesus and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. BSB BSB: When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
48 UEB Jesus then said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe." BSB BSB: Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49 UEB The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." BSB BSB: “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50 UEB Jesus said to him, "Go. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went away. BSB BSB: “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51 UEB While he was going down, his servants met him, saying that his son was living. BSB BSB: And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52 UEB So he asked them the hour when he began to improve. They replied to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." BSB BSB: So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
53 UEB Then the father realized that it was at that hour that Jesus had said to him, "Your son lives." So he himself and his whole household believed. BSB BSB: Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
54 UEB This was the second sign that Jesus did when he came out of Judea to Galilee. BSB BSB: This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
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