John 4:4-23

⁴And he must necessarily pass through Samaria.

⁵He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

⁶And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

⁷There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

⁸For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

⁹The Samaritan woman saith to him, How is it that thou, who art a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

¹⁰Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

¹¹The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Whence hast thou the living water?

¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

¹³Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinketh of this water, will thirst again;

¹⁴but whoever drinketh of the water that I will give him, will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become within him a well of water springing up to everlasting life.

¹⁵The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.

¹⁶He saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

¹⁷The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou saidst well, that thou hast no husband.

¹⁸For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in this thou hast spoken truly.

¹⁹The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

²⁰Our fathers worshipped on this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

²¹Jesus saith to her, Believe me, woman, the hour is coming, when ye shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

²²Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

²³But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such worshippers the Father seeketh.