John 4
6 Now Jacob's
well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his
journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about
the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a
woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink.
8 (For his
disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then 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.
10 Jesus 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.
11 The woman saith
unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the
well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living
water?
12 Art thou greater
than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered
and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again:
14 But 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.
15 The woman saith
unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto
her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman
answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto
her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast
had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith
unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers
worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto
her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall
neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship
the Father.
22 Ye worship ye
know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is
of the Jews.
23 But 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.
24 God is a
Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him
in spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith
unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto
her, I that speak unto thee am he.
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