John 4John4

King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

2. 1KJVWhen therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,BSBBSB: When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
3. 2KJV(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)BSBBSB: (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
4. 3KJVHe left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.BSBBSB: He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
5. 4KJVAnd he must needs go through Samaria.BSBBSB: Now He had to pass through Samaria.
6. 5KJVThen cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.BSBBSB: So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
7. 6KJVNow Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.BSBBSB: Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
8. 7KJVThere cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.BSBBSB: When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
9. 8KJV(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)BSBBSB: (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
10. 9KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: “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.)
11. 10KJVJesus 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.BSBBSB: 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.”
12. 11KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?BSBBSB: “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
13. 12KJVArt thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?BSBBSB: Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
14. 13KJVJesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:BSBBSB: Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
15. 14KJVBut 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.BSBBSB: 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.”
16. 15KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.BSBBSB: 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.”
17. 16KJVJesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.BSBBSB: Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
18. 17KJVThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:BSBBSB: “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
19. 18KJVFor thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.BSBBSB: In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
20. 19KJVThe woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.BSBBSB: “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
21. 20KJVOur fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.BSBBSB: Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
22. 21KJVJesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.BSBBSB: “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
23. 22KJVYe worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.BSBBSB: You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
24. 23KJVBut 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.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 24KJVGod is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.BSBBSB: God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
26. 25KJVThe woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.BSBBSB: The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
27. 26KJVJesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.BSBBSB: Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

28. The Disciples Return and Marvel

29. 27KJVAnd 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?BSBBSB: 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?”
30. 28KJVThe woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,BSBBSB: Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
31. 29KJVCome, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?BSBBSB: “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
32. 30KJVThen they went out of the city, and came unto him.BSBBSB: So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
33. 31KJVIn the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.BSBBSB: Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
34. 32KJVBut he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.BSBBSB: But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
35. 33KJVTherefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?BSBBSB: So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
36. 34KJVJesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.BSBBSB: Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
37. 35KJVSay 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.BSBBSB: 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.
38. 36KJVAnd he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.BSBBSB: Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
39. 37KJVAnd herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.BSBBSB: For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
40. 38KJVI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.BSBBSB: 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.”

41. Many Samaritans Believe

42. 39KJVAnd 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.BSBBSB: Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
43. 40KJVSo when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.BSBBSB: So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
44. 41KJVAnd many more believed because of his own word;BSBBSB: And many more believed because of His message.
45. 42KJVAnd 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.BSBBSB: 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.”

46. Jesus Heals the Official’s Son

    (Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10)

47. 43KJVNow after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.BSBBSB: After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
48. 44KJVFor Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.BSBBSB: Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
49. 45KJVThen when he was come into Galilee, the Galilæans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.BSBBSB: 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.
50. 46KJVSo 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.BSBBSB: 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.
51. 47KJVWhen he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa 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.BSBBSB: 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.
52. 48KJVThen said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.BSBBSB: Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
53. 49KJVThe nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.BSBBSB: “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
54. 50KJVJesus 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.BSBBSB: “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
55. 51KJVAnd as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.BSBBSB: And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
56. 52KJVThen 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.BSBBSB: 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.”
57. 53KJVSo 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.BSBBSB: 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.
58. 54KJVThis is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.BSBBSB: This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.