4:1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 1 , The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,
4:2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 2 , although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
4:3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 3 , When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
4:4 Now he had to go through Samaria.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 4 , Now he had to go through Samaria.
4:5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 5 , So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
4:6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 6 , Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Will you give me a drink?'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 7 , When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Will you give me a drink?'
4:8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 8 , (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?' (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 9 , The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?' (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
4:10 Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 10 , Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.'
4:11 'Sir,' the woman said, 'you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 11 , 'Sir,' the woman said, 'you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
4:12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 12 , Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?'
4:13 Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 13 , Jesus answered, 'Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
4:14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 14 , but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.'
4:15 The woman said to him, 'Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 15 , The woman said to him, 'Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.'
4:16 He told her, 'Go, call your husband and come back.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 16 , He told her, 'Go, call your husband and come back.'
4:17 'I have no husband,' she replied. Jesus said to her, 'You are right when you say you have no husband.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 17 , 'I have no husband,' she replied. Jesus said to her, 'You are right when you say you have no husband.
4:18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 18 , The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.'
4:19 'Sir,' the woman said, 'I can see that you are a prophet.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 19 , 'Sir,' the woman said, 'I can see that you are a prophet.
4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 20 , Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.'
4:21 Jesus declared, 'Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 21 , Jesus declared, 'Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
4:22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 22 , You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
4:23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 23 , Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
4:24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 24 , God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.'
4:25 The woman said, 'I know that Messiah' (called Christ) 'is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 25 , The woman said, 'I know that Messiah' (called Christ) 'is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.'
4:26 Then Jesus declared, 'I who speak to you am he.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 26 , Then Jesus declared, 'I who speak to you am he.'
4:27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 27 , Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, 'What do you want?' or 'Why are you talking with her?'
4:28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 28 , Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
4:29 'Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 29 , 'Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?'
4:30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 30 , They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
4:31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, 'Rabbi, eat something.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 31 , Meanwhile his disciples urged him, 'Rabbi, eat something.'
4:32 But he said to them, 'I have food to eat that you know nothing about.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 32 , But he said to them, 'I have food to eat that you know nothing about.'
4:33 Then his disciples said to each other, 'Could someone have brought him food?'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 33 , Then his disciples said to each other, 'Could someone have brought him food?'
4:34 'My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 34 , 'My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
4:35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 35 , Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
4:36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 36 , Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
4:37 Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 37 , Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true.
4:38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 38 , I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.'
4:39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, 'He told me everything I ever did.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 39 , Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, 'He told me everything I ever did.'
4:40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 40 , So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
4:41 And because of his words many more became believers.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 41 , And because of his words many more became believers.
4:42 They said to the woman, 'We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 42 , They said to the woman, 'We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.'
4:43 After the two days he left for Galilee.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 43 , After the two days he left for Galilee.
4:44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 44 , (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
4:45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 45 , When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there.
4:46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 46 , Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
4:47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 47 , When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
4:48 'Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,' Jesus told him, 'you will never believe.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 48 , 'Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,' Jesus told him, 'you will never believe.'
4:49 The royal official said, 'Sir, come down before my child dies.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 49 , The royal official said, 'Sir, come down before my child dies.'
4:50 Jesus replied, 'You may go. Your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 50 , Jesus replied, 'You may go. Your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
4:51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 51 , While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.
4:52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, 'The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.'
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 52 , When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, 'The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.'
4:53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, 'Your son will live.' So he and all his household believed.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 53 , Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, 'Your son will live.' So he and all his household believed.
4:54 This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.
The NIV Book of John , Chapter 4 , Verse 54 , This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.
