John 4:4-23

⁴And he must needs go through Samaria.

⁵Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground, that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

⁶Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

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

⁸(For his disciples had gone to the city to buy provisions.)

⁹Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

¹⁰Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked 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: from whence then hast thou that living water?

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

¹³Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinketh of this water, shall thirst again:

¹⁴But whoever 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.

¹⁵The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to draw.

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

¹⁷The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

¹⁸For thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: in that thou hast spoken truth.

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

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

²¹Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

²²Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews.

²³But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.