1 WYC Therfor as Jhesu knew, that the Farisees herden, that Jhesu makith and baptisith mo disciplis than Joon, BSB BSB: When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2 WYC thouy Jhesus baptiside not, but hise disciplis, he lefte Judee, BSB BSB: (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3 WYC and wente ayen in to Galilee. BSB BSB: He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 WYC And it bihofte hym to passe bi Samarie. BSB BSB: Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5 WYC Therfor Jhesus cam in to a citee of Samarie, that is seid Sicar, bisidis the place, that Jacob yaf to Joseph, his sone. 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 WYC And the welle of Jacob was there; and Jhesus was weri of the iourney, and sat thus vpon the welle. And the our was, as it were the sixte. 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 WYC And a womman cam fro Samarie, to drawe watir. And Jhesus seith to hir, Yyue me drynk. BSB BSB: When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8 WYC And hise disciplis weren gon in to the citee, to bie mete. BSB BSB: (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 WYC Therfor thilke womman of Samarie seith to him, Hou thou, `whanne thou art a Jewe, axist of me drynk, that am a womman of Samarie? for Jewis vsiden not to dele 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 WYC Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, If thou wistist the yifte of God, and who `he is, that seith to thee, Yyue me drynk, thou perauenture woldist haue axid of hym, and he schulde haue youun to thee quyk watir. 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 WYC The womman seith to him, Sire, thou hast not where ynne to drawe, and the pit is deep; wherof thanne hast thou quik watir? 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 WYC Whethir thou art grettere than oure fadir Jacob, that yaf to vs the pit? and he drank therof, and hise sones, and hise beestis. 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 WYC Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, Eche man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste efte soone; but he that drynkith of the watir that Y schal yyue hym, schal not thirste with outen ende; but the watir that Y schal yyue hym, BSB BSB: Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14 WYC schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf. 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 WYC The womman seith to hym, Sire, yyue me this watir, that Y thirste not, nether come hidur to drawe. 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 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hosebonde, and come hidir. BSB BSB: Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 WYC The womman answerde, and seide, Y haue noon hosebonde. Jhesus seith to hir, Thou seidist wel, That Y haue noon hosebonde; BSB BSB: “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
18 WYC for thou hast hadde fyue hosebondis, and he that thou hast, is not thin hosebonde. This thing thou seidist sotheli. BSB BSB: In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
19 WYC The womman seith to hym, Lord, Y se, that thou art a prophete. BSB BSB: “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
21 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, bileue thou to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nethir in Jerusalem, ye schulen worschipe the fadir. 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 WYC But the tyme is comun, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen worschipe the fadir in spirit and treuthe; for also the fadir sekith suche, that worschipen hym. 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 WYC God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen hym, to worschipe in spirit and treuthe. BSB BSB: God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25 WYC The womman seith to hym, Y woot that Messias is comun, that is seid Crist; therfor whanne he cometh, he schal telle vs alle thingis. BSB BSB: The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
27 WYC And anoon hise disciplis camen, and wondriden, that he spak with the womman; netheles no man seide to hym, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir? 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 WYC Therfor the womman lefte hir watir pot, and wente in to the citee, and seide to tho men, BSB BSB: Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29 WYC Come ye, and se ye a man, that seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don; whether he be Crist? BSB BSB: “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30 WYC And thei wenten out of the citee, and camen to hym. BSB BSB: So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31 WYC In the mene while hise disciplis preieden hym, and seiden, Maistir, ete. BSB BSB: Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32 WYC But he seide to hem, Y haue mete to ete, that ye knowen not. BSB BSB: But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33 WYC Therfor disciplis seiden togidir, Whether ony man hath brouyt him mete to ete? BSB BSB: So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34 WYC Jhesus seith to hem, My mete is, that Y do the wille of hym that sente me, that Y perfourme the werk of hym. BSB BSB: Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35 WYC Whether ye seien not, that yit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! Y seie to you, lifte vp youre iyen, and se ye the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe. 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 WYC And he that repith takith hire, and gaderith fruyt in to euerlastynge lijf; that bothe he that sowith, and he that repith, haue ioye togidere. 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 WYC In this thing is the word trewe, for anothir is that sowith, and anothir that repith. BSB BSB: For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38 WYC Y sente you to repe, that that ye `haue not trauelid; `othere men han trauelid, and ye han entrid `in to her trauels. 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.”
39 WYC And of that citee many Samaritans bileueden in hym, for the word of the womman, that bare witnessyng, That he seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don. 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 WYC Therfor whanne Samaritans camen to hym, thei preieden hym to dwelle there; and he dwelte there twey daies. BSB BSB: So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41 WYC And many mo bileueden for his word, BSB BSB: And many more believed because of His message.
42 WYC and seiden to the womman, That now not for thi speche we bileuen; for we han herd, and we witen, that this is verili the sauyour 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.”
43 WYC And aftir twei daies he wente out fro thennus, and wente in to Galilee. BSB BSB: After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44 WYC And he bar witnessyng, that a profete in his owne cuntre hath noon onour. BSB BSB: Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45 WYC Therfor whanne he cam in to Galilee, men of Galilee resseyueden hym, whanne thei hadden seyn alle thingis that he hadde don in Jerusalem in the feeste dai; for also thei hadden comun to the feeste dai. 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 WYC Therfor he cam eftsoone in to the Cane of Galile, where he made the watir wiyn. And `a litil kyng was, whos sone was sijk at Cafarnaum. 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 WYC Whanne this hadde herd, that Jhesu schulde come fro Judee in to Galilee, he wente to hym, and preiede hym, that he schulde come doun, and heele his sone; for he bigan 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 WYC Therfor Jhesus seide to him, But ye se tokenes and grete wondris, ye bileuen not. BSB BSB: Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49 WYC The litil kyng seith to hym, Lord, come doun, bifor that my sone die. BSB BSB: “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50 WYC Jhesus seith to hym, Go, thi sone lyueth. The man bileuede to the word, that Jhesus seide to hym, and he wente. BSB BSB: “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51 WYC And now whanne he cam doun, the seruauntis camen ayens hym, and telden to hym, and seiden, That his sone lyuede. BSB BSB: And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52 WYC And he axide of hem the our, in which he was amendid. And thei seiden to hym, For yistirdai in the seuenthe our the feuer lefte 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 WYC Therfor the fadir knewe, that thilke our it was, in which Jhesus seide to hym, Thi sone lyueth; and he bileuede, and al his hous. 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 WYC Jhesus dide eft this secounde tokene, whanne he cam fro Judee in to Galilee. BSB BSB: This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
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