Jesus and the Samaritan Woman 1 UST Later,{ the religious group called} the Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining more disciples than John the Baptizer and that he was baptizing more people than John was baptizing. Jesus also found out that the Pharisees had heard this. BSB BSB: When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 UST (Jesus did not actually baptize anyone, but his disciples were baptizing people.) BSB BSB: (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3 UST { When he found out that the Pharisees were aware of him,} Jesus left the region of Judea and returned once more to the region of Galilee. BSB BSB: He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 UST Now{ to get to the region of Galilee} he had to go through the region of Samaria. BSB BSB: Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5 UST Next, they arrived at a city named Sychar in the region of Samaria. Sychar was near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph{ a long time ago}. 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 UST (Jacob’ s well was in that area.) After{ arriving at Sychar} Jesus was very tired because of his long journey, so he sat down{ to rest} next to Jacob’ s well. It was about noon. 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 UST A Samaritan woman came out{ to the well}{ to lower a bucket on a rope} to pull up some water. Jesus said to her,“Please 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 UST { He said this} because his disciples had left{ him by himself} and had gone into the city in order to buy food. BSB BSB: (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 UST And the Samaritan woman said to Jesus,“I am surprised that you, a Jew, are asking me, a woman from Samaria, for a drink.”({ She said this} because Jews usually would not have anything to do 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 UST Jesus replied to her,“If you had known the gift that God wants to give you, and if you had known who I am who is requesting a drink from you, you would have asked me for a drink, and I 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 UST The woman replied,“Sir, you do not have a bucket{ with which to draw the water up out of the well,} and this well is deep.{ Since you can not get the water out of this well,} where did you get this living water from? 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 UST You are surely not greater than our father Jacob. He{ dug this well} and gave it to us. He, his sons, and his livestock drank water from it as well.” 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 UST Jesus replied to her,“Everyone who drinks water from this well will become thirsty again. BSB BSB: Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14 UST But anyone who drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. Rather, the water that I will give him will become a spring of water inside him{ that fills him up} and causes him to live forever{ in heaven}.” 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 UST The woman said to Jesus,“Sir, please give me some of this water in order that I may never become thirsty again or have to come to this well to draw water again.” 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 UST Jesus told her,“Go get your husband and bring him here.” BSB BSB: Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 UST The woman answered him,“I have no husband.” Jesus told her,“You are right in saying that you 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 UST because you have had not one, but five, husbands, and the man you are currently{ living with} is not your husband. What you have said{ about not having a husband} 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 UST The woman said to Jesus,“Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. BSB BSB: “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
21 UST Jesus told her,“Madam, believe me when I say that a time is coming when neither here on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 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 UST Nevertheless, the time is coming and has now arrived when those who truly worship God will worship the Father spiritually and truthfully.{ This is} because the Father indeed searches for such people to worship him. 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 UST God is a spiritual being, and those who worship him must worship him spiritually and truthfully.” BSB BSB: God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25 UST The woman said to Jesus,“I know that the Messiah will come.(He is the one called‘Christ’ in Greek.) When he comes, he will tell us everything{ that we need to know}.” BSB BSB: The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 UST Jesus told her,“I, who am speaking to you now, I am the Messiah!” BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
The Disciples Return and Marvel 27 UST Just at that moment, his disciples came back from the city. They were astonished because Jesus was talking{ alone} with a woman{ whom he did not know}. However, no one dared to ask him,“What do you want from her?” or“Why are you talking with her at all?” 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 UST At that time the woman left her water jar there and returned to the city. She said to the men of the city, BSB BSB: Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29 UST “Come and meet this man who told me so many things that I have done! He could not be the Messiah, could he?” BSB BSB: “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 UST Those men left the city and came to Jesus. BSB BSB: So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31 UST { While the woman was gone,} Jesus’ disciples,{ who had just returned with the food,} pleaded with him to eat. They said,“Teacher, please eat something!” BSB BSB: Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 UST Jesus told them,“I have sustenance that you know nothing about!” BSB BSB: But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 UST So they were saying to one another,“Surely no one else could have brought him something to eat, could they?” BSB BSB: So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34 UST Jesus told them,“This is what sustains me: It is to do what my Father— who sent me— wants and to complete my Father’ s work. BSB BSB: Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35 UST { At this time of the year} you usually say,‘There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.’ Listen to what I am telling you. Look and see that these people are like fields that are now ready 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 UST The one who harvests these crops receives payment and collects fruit, which is people receiving life forever{ in heaven}. The result is that those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad 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 UST What I am going to say is true: One person sows the seeds, and another person harvests the crops. BSB BSB: For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38 UST I sent you disciples of mine to gather the harvest from a crop that you did not plant. Others have worked very hard{ to plant the crop}, but you are now joining them in their work.” 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 UST Now many Samaritans who lived in the city of Sychar trusted in Jesus because of what the woman had told them. She said,“He told me so many things 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 UST When the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to remain with them. So he stayed there with them for two more days. BSB BSB: So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41 UST Many more of them trusted in Jesus because of what he proclaimed to them. BSB BSB: And many more believed because of His message.
42 UST The townspeople told the woman,“We believe in Jesus now, but not just because of what you told us about him.{ We believe} because we have heard his message for ourselves. Now we know that this man truly is the one who saves the believers in the world{ from their sins}.” 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 UST After he stayed for two days{ with the Samaritans}, Jesus left the city of Sychar and entered the region of Galilee. BSB BSB: After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44 UST (Jesus wanted to go to Galilee because he himself confirmed that a prophet does not receive honor in the place where he grew up{ and he did not want publicity}.) BSB BSB: Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45 UST Since this is true, when he arrived in the region of Galilee many of the people there merely welcomed him because they had seen all the amazing things he had done in Jerusalem during the recent Passover celebration, which they also had gone to. 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 UST Next, Jesus went back again to the town of Cana in the region of Galilee.{ That was} where he had turned water into wine. There was an official of the king who lived nearby in the city of Capernaum and had a son who was very sick. 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 UST When that official heard that Jesus had come back to Galilee from Judea, he went to Jesus in Cana and asked him to come down to Capernaum and heal his son, because his son would die soon. 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 UST Jesus then told him,“You people will only trust in me{ as the Messiah} if you see{ me perform} wonderful miracles!” BSB BSB: Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49 UST The official of the king said to him,“Sir, please come down to my home in Capernaum before my son dies!” BSB BSB: “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50 UST Jesus told him,“Go home. Your son will live.” The man trusted what Jesus told him, and he started to go back home. BSB BSB: “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51 UST As the official was traveling down to his home in the city of Capernaum, his servants met him{ along the road}. They told him,“Your child is going to live.” BSB BSB: And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52 UST He asked his servants,“At what time did my son start getting better?” They answered him,“At 1: 00 PM yesterday his fever went away.” 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 UST And the boy’ s father recognized that his son had recovered at the exact time that Jesus had told him that his son would live. So this same man, along with everyone who lived in his house, trusted in Jesus. 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 UST That was the second great miracle that Jesus did.{ He did it during the time that} he came to the region of Galilee after leaving the region of Judea. BSB BSB: This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.