John 4

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 When Jesus heard that the Pharisees had found out that he was making and baptising more disciplesthan John-	1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 though in fact it was his disciples who baptised, not Jesus himself-	2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, just his disciples),
3 he left Judaea and went back to Galilee.	3 he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4 He had to pass through Samaria.	4 He had to pass through Samaria.
5 On the way he came to the Samaritan town cal ed Sychar near the land that Jacob gave to his sonJoseph.	5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob's wel was there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the wel . It was about the sixth hour.	6 Jacob's well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, 'Give me something to drink.'	7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
8 His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.	8 His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, 'You are a Jew. How is it that you ask me, a Samaritan, forsomething to drink?' -- Jews, of course, do not associate with Samaritans.	9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus replied to her: If you only knew what God is offering and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give mesomething to drink,' you would have been the one to ask, and he would have given you living water.	10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water."
11 'You have no bucket, sir,' she answered, 'and the well is deep: how do you get this living water?	11 (The woman) said to him, "Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the cistern is deep; where then can you get this living water?
12 Are you a greater man than our father Jacob, who gave us this wel and drank from it himself with hissons and his cattle?'	12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this cistern and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks?"
13 Jesus replied: Whoever drinks this water wil be thirsty again;	13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again;
14 but no one who drinks the water that I shal give wil ever be thirsty again: the water that I shal give wil become a spring of water within, welling up for eternal life.	14 but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
15 'Sir,' said the woman, 'give me some of that water, so that I may never be thirsty or come here again todraw water.'	15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."
16 'Go and call your husband,' said Jesus to her, 'and come back here.'	16 Jesus said to her, "Go call your husband and come back."
17 The woman answered, 'I have no husband.' Jesus said to her, 'You are right to say, "I have nohusband";	17 The woman answered and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus answered her, "You are right in saying, 'I do not have a husband.'
18 for although you have had five, the one you now have is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.'	18 For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true."
19 'I see you are a prophet, sir,' said the woman.	19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20 'Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, though you say that Jerusalem is the place where one oughtto worship.'	20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain; but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Jesus said: Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you wil worship the Father neither on thismountain nor in Jerusalem.	21 Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know; for salvation comes from the Jews.	22 You people worship what you do not understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming -- indeed is already here -- when true worshippers wil worship the Father inspirit and truth: that is the kind of worshipper the Father seeks.	23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship must worship in spirit and truth.	24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth."
25 The woman said to him, 'I know that Messiah -- that is, Christ -- is coming; and when he comes he wilexplain everything.'	25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything."
26 Jesus said, 'That is who I am, I who speak to you.'	26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who is speaking with you."
27 At this point his disciples returned and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though noneof them asked, 'What do you want from her?' or, 'What are you talking to her about?'	27 At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman, but still no one said, "What are you looking for?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
28 The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tel the people,	28 The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people,
29 'Come and see a man who has told me everything I have done; could this be the Christ?'	29 "Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?"
30 This brought people out of the town and they made their way towards him.	30 They went out of the town and came to him.
31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, 'Rabbi, do have something to eat';	31 Meanwhile, the disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat."
32 but he said, 'I have food to eat that you do not know about.'	32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know."
33 So the disciples said to one another, 'Has someone brought him food?'	33 So the disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought him something to eat?"
34 But Jesus said: My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.	34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.
35 Do you not have a saying: Four months and then the harvest? Wel , I tel you, look around you, look atthe fields; already they are white, ready for harvest!	35 Do you not say, 'In four months the harvest will be here'? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.
36 Already the reaper is being paid his wages, already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life, so thatsower and reaper can rejoice together.	36 The reaper is already receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together.
37 For here the proverb holds true: one sows, another reaps;	37 For here the saying is verified that 'One sows and another reaps.'
38 I sent you to reap a harvest you have not laboured for. Others have laboured for it; and you have comeinto the rewards of their labour.	38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work."
39 Many Samaritans of that town believed in him on the strength of the woman's words of testimony, 'Hetold me everything I have done.'	39 Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I have done."
40 So, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days,and	40 When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days.
41 many more came to believe on the strength of the words he spoke to them;	41 Many more began to believe in him because of his word,
42 and they said to the woman, 'Now we believe no longer because of what you told us; we have heardhim ourselves and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world.'	42 and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the savior of the world."
43 When the two days were over Jesus left for Galilee.	43 After the two days, he left there for Galilee.
44 He himself had declared that a prophet is not honoured in his own home town.	44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.
45 On his arrival the Galileans received him wel , having seen al that he had done at Jerusalem duringthe festival which they too had attended.	45 When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.
46 He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. And there was a royalofficial whose son was il at Capernaum;	46 Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
47 hearing that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judaea, he went and asked him to come and cure hisson, as he was at the point of death.	47 When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.
48 Jesus said to him, 'Unless you see signs and portents you will not believe!'	48 Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
49 'Sir,' answered the official, 'come down before my child dies.'	49 The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
50 'Go home,' said Jesus, 'your son wil live.' The man believed what Jesus had said and went on his wayhome;	50 Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
51 and while he was stil on the way his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.	51 While he was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.
52 He asked them when the boy had begun to recover. They replied, 'The fever left him yesterday at theseventh hour.'	52 He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon."
53 The father realised that this was exactly the time when Jesus had said, 'Your son wil live'; and he andal his household believed.	53 The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe.
54 This new sign, the second, Jesus performed on his return from Judaea to Galilee.	54 (Now) this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.