1 N ow when the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John—

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,

2 T hough Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples—

(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

3 H e left Judea and returned to Galilee.

he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

4 I t was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.

and it was behoving him to go through Samaria.

5 A nd in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;

6 A nd Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon).

and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;

7 P resently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink—

there cometh a woman out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, `Give me to drink;'

8 F or His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food—

for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

9 T he Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?—For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans—

the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, `How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.

10 J esus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God’s gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water.

Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.'

11 S he said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water?

The woman saith to him, `Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?

12 A re You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'

13 J esus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.

Jesus answered and said to her, `Every one who is drinking of this water shall thirst again;

14 B ut whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) within him unto (into, for) eternal life.

but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

15 T he woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come here to draw.

The woman saith unto him, `Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

16 A t this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.

Jesus saith to her, `Go, call thy husband, and come hither;'

17 T he woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.

the woman answered and said, `I have not a husband.' Jesus saith to her, `Well didst thou say -- A husband I have not;

18 F or you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.

for five husbands thou hast had, and, now, he whom thou hast is not thy husband; this hast thou said truly.'

19 T he woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.

The woman saith to him, `Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet;

20 O ur forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.

our fathers in this mountain did worship, and ye -- ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it behoveth to worship.'

21 J esus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Jesus saith to her, `Woman, believe me, that there doth come an hour, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father;

22 Y ou do not know what you are worshiping. We do know what we are worshiping, for salvation comes from the Jews.

ye worship what ye have not known; we worship what we have known, because the salvation is of the Jews;

23 A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.

but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him;

24 G od is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).

God a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

25 T he woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.

The woman saith to him, `I have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may come, he will tell us all things;'

26 J esus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He.

Jesus saith to her, `I am, who am speaking to thee.'

27 J ust then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her?

And upon this came his disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one, however, said, `What seekest thou?' or `Why speakest thou with her?'

28 T hen the woman left her water jar and went away to the town. And she began telling the people,

The woman then left her water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men,

29 C ome, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be the Christ?

`Come, see a man, who told me all things -- as many as I did; is this the Christ?'

30 S o the people left the town and set out to go to Him.

They went forth therefore out of the city, and were coming unto him.

31 M eanwhile, the disciples urged Him saying, Rabbi, eat something.

And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'

32 B ut He assured them, I have food (nourishment) to eat of which you know nothing and have no idea.

and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

33 S o the disciples said one to another, Has someone brought Him something to eat?

The disciples then said one to another, `Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

34 J esus said to them, My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work.

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

35 D o you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting.

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

36 A lready the reaper is getting his wages, for he is gathering fruit (crop) unto life eternal, so that he who does the planting and he who does the reaping may rejoice together.

`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

37 F or in this the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps.

for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

38 I sent you to reap a crop for which you have not toiled. Other men have labored and you have stepped in to reap the results of their work.

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

39 N ow numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did.

And from that city many believed in him, of the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman testifying, -- `He told me all things -- as many as I did.'

40 S o when the Samaritans arrived, they asked Him to remain with them, and He did stay there two days.

When, then, the Samaritans came unto him, they were asking him to remain with them, and he remained there two days;

41 T hen many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message.

and many more did believe because of his word,

42 A nd they told the woman, Now we no longer believe (trust, have faith) just because of what you said; for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He truly is the Savior of the world, the Christ.

and said to the woman -- `No more because of thy speaking do we believe; for we ourselves have heard and known that this is truly the Saviour of the world -- the Christ.'

43 B ut after these two days Jesus went on from there into Galilee—

And after the two days he went forth thence, and went away to Galilee,

44 A lthough He Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

for Jesus himself testified that a prophet in his own country shall not have honour;

45 H owever, when He came into Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed Him and took Him to their hearts eagerly, for they had seen everything that He did in Jerusalem during the Feast; for they too had attended the Feast.

when then, he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all things that he did in Jerusalem in the feast -- for they also went to the feast.

46 S o Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was lying ill in Capernaum.

Jesus came, therefore, again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine, and there was a certain courtier, whose son was ailing in Capernaum,

47 H aving heard that Jesus had come back from Judea into Galilee, he went away to meet Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was lying at the point of death.

he, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judea to Galilee, went away unto him, and was asking him that he may come down and may heal his son, for he was about to die.

48 T hen Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and miracles happen, you never will believe (trust, have faith) at all.

Jesus then said unto him, `If signs and wonders ye may not see, ye will not believe.'

49 T he king’s officer pleaded with Him, Sir, do come down at once before my little child is dead!

The courtier saith unto him, `Sir, come down before my child die;'

50 J esus answered him, Go in peace; your son will live! And the man put his trust in what Jesus said and started home.

Jesus saith to him, `Be going on; thy son doth live.' And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and was going on,

51 B ut even as he was on the road going down, his servants met him and reported, saying, Your son lives!

and he now going down, his servants met him, and told, saying -- `Thy child doth live;'

52 S o he asked them at what time he had begun to get better. They said, Yesterday during the seventh hour (about one o’clock in the afternoon) the fever left him.

he inquired then of them the hour in which he became better, and they said to him -- `Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him;'

53 T hen the father knew that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, Your son will live. And he and his entire household believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus).

then the father knew that in that hour in which Jesus said to him -- `Thy son doth live,' and he himself believed, and his whole house;

54 T his is the second sign (wonderwork, miracle) that Jesus performed after He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

this again a second sign did Jesus, having come out of Judea to Galilee.