John 4:9-36

⁹Therfor thilke womman of Samarie seith to him, Hou thou, `whanne thou art a Jewe, axist of me drynk, that am a womman of Samarie? for Jewis vsiden not to dele with Samaritans.

¹⁰Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, If thou wistist the yifte of God, and who `he is, that seith to thee, Yyue me drynk, thou perauenture woldist haue axid of hym, and he schulde haue youun to thee quyk watir.

¹¹The womman seith to him, Sire, thou hast not where ynne to drawe, and the pit is deep; wherof thanne hast thou quik watir?

¹²Whethir thou art grettere than oure fadir Jacob, that yaf to vs the pit? and he drank therof, and hise sones, and hise beestis.

¹³Jhesus answerde, and seide to hir, Eche man that drynkith of this watir, schal thirste efte soone; but he that drynkith of the watir that Y schal yyue hym, schal not thirste with outen ende; but the watir that Y schal yyue hym,

¹⁴schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁵The womman seith to hym, Sire, yyue me this watir, that Y thirste not, nether come hidur to drawe.

¹⁶Jhesus seith to hir, Go, clepe thin hosebonde, and come hidir.

¹⁷The womman answerde, and seide, Y haue noon hosebonde. Jhesus seith to hir, Thou seidist wel, That Y haue noon hosebonde;

¹⁸for thou hast hadde fyue hosebondis, and he that thou hast, is not thin hosebonde. This thing thou seidist sotheli.

¹⁹The womman seith to hym, Lord, Y se, that thou art a prophete.

²⁰Oure fadris worschipiden in this hil, and ye seien, that at Jerusalem is a place, where it bihoueth to worschipe.

²¹Jhesus seith to hir, Womman, bileue thou to me, for the our schal come, whanne nether in this hil, nethir in Jerusalem, ye schulen worschipe the fadir.

²²Ye worschipen that ye knowen not; we worschipen that that we knowen; for helthe is of the Jewis.

²³But the tyme is comun, and now it is, whanne trewe worschiperis schulen worschipe the fadir in spirit and treuthe; for also the fadir sekith suche, that worschipen hym.

²⁴God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen hym, to worschipe in spirit and treuthe.

²⁵The womman seith to hym, Y woot that Messias is comun, that is seid Crist; therfor whanne he cometh, he schal telle vs alle thingis.

²⁶Jhesus seith to hir, Y am he, that spekith with thee.

²⁷And anoon hise disciplis camen, and wondriden, that he spak with the womman; netheles no man seide to hym, What sekist thou, or, What spekist thou with hir?

²⁸Therfor the womman lefte hir watir pot, and wente in to the citee, and seide to tho men,

²⁹Come ye, and se ye a man, that seide to me alle thingis that Y haue don; whether he be Crist?

³⁰And thei wenten out of the citee, and camen to hym.

³¹In the mene while hise disciplis preieden hym, and seiden, Maistir, ete.

³²But he seide to hem, Y haue mete to ete, that ye knowen not.

³³Therfor disciplis seiden togidir, Whether ony man hath brouyt him mete to ete?

³⁴Jhesus seith to hem, My mete is, that Y do the wille of hym that sente me, that Y perfourme the werk of hym.

³⁵Whether ye seien not, that yit foure monethis ben, and rype corn cometh? Lo! Y seie to you, lifte vp youre iyen, and se ye the feeldis, for now thei ben white to repe.

³⁶And he that repith takith hire, and gaderith fruyt in to euerlastynge lijf; that bothe he that sowith, and he that repith, haue ioye togidere.