The Pharisees seek to destroy Jesus -- The woman and the well -- The water of life eternal -- The nobleman's son healed.

¹⁾When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

²⁾(ThoughThey Jesussought himselfmore baptizeddiligently notsome means that they might put him to death; for many received John as a prophet, but histhey disciples,)believed not on Jesus.

³⁾HeNow the Lord knew this, though he himself baptized not so many as his disciples;

⁴⁾For he suffered them for an example, preferring one another.

⁵⁾And he left JudaeaJudea, and departed again into Galilee.,

⁴⁶⁾And hesaid unto his disciples, I must needs go through Samaria.

⁵⁷⁾Then he cometh he to athe city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground thatwhich Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6)Now; the place where Jacob's well was there.

⁸⁾Now Jesus therefore, being weariedweary with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it wasbeing about the sixth hour., sat down on the well;

⁷⁹⁾ThereAnd comeththere came a woman of Samaria to draw water:; Jesus saithsaid unto her, Give me to drink.

⁸¹⁰⁾(ForNow his disciples were gone away untointo the city to buy meat.)

⁹¹¹⁾ThenWherefore saithhe being alone, the woman of Samaria said unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, whichwho am a woman of Samaria? for theThe Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

¹⁰¹²⁾Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

¹¹¹³⁾The woman saithsaid unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:; from whence then hast thou that living water?

¹²¹⁴⁾Art thou greater than our father Jacob, whichwho gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

¹³¹⁵⁾Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinkethshall drink of this waterwell, shall thirst again:;

¹⁴¹⁶⁾But whosoever drinketh of the water thatwhich 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.

¹⁵¹⁷⁾The woman saithsaid unto him, Sir, give me of this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

¹⁶¹⁸⁾Jesus saithsaid unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

¹⁷¹⁹⁾The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:.

¹⁸²⁰⁾For thou hast had five husbands;, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband:; in that saidst thou truly.

¹⁹²¹⁾The woman saithsaid unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

²⁰²²⁾Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

²¹²³⁾Jesus saithsaid unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

²²²⁴⁾Ye worship ye know not what:; we know what we worship:; forand salvation is of the Jews.

²³²⁵⁾ButAnd the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippersworshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:; for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

²⁴²⁶⁾For unto such hath God ispromised ahis Spirit:. andAnd they thatwho worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.

²⁵²⁷⁾The woman saithsaid unto him, I know that Messias cometh, whichwho is called Christ:; when he is come, he will tell us all things.

²⁶²⁸⁾Jesus saithsaid unto her, I thatwho speak unto thee am hethe Messias.

²⁷²⁹⁾And upon this came his disciples, and marvelledmarveled that he talked with the woman:; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

²⁸³⁰⁾The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saithsaid to the men,

²⁹³¹⁾Come, see a man, whichwho told me all things that I have ever Idone. did: isIs not this the Christ?

³⁰³²⁾Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

³¹³³⁾In the mean whiletime his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

³²³⁴⁾But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

³³³⁵⁾Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him oughtmeat to eat?

³⁴³⁶⁾Jesus saithsaid unto them, My meat is to do the will of him thatwho sent me, and to finish his work.

³⁵³⁷⁾Say not ye, Therethere are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? beholdBehold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

³⁶³⁸⁾And he thatwho reapeth, receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal:; that both he thatwho soweth, and he thatwho reapeth, may rejoice together.

³⁷³⁹⁾And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

³⁸⁴⁰⁾I have sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour:labor; otherthe menprophets labouredhave labored, and ye arehave entered into their labourslabors.

³⁹⁴¹⁾And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, whichwho testified, saying, He told me all that I have ever I diddone.

⁴⁰⁴²⁾So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them:; and he abode there two days.

⁴¹⁴³⁾And many more believed because of his own word;

⁴²⁴⁴⁾And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for; we have heard himfor ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the SaviourSavior of the world.

⁴³⁴⁵⁾Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

⁴⁴⁴⁶⁾For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honourhonor in his own country.

⁴⁵⁴⁷⁾Then when he washad come into Galilee, the GalilaeansGalileans received him, having seen all the things thatwhich he did at Jerusalem at the feast:; for they also went unto the feast.

⁴⁶⁴⁸⁾So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

⁴⁷⁴⁹⁾When he heard that Jesus was come out of JudaeaJudea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son:; for he was at the point of death.

⁴⁸⁵⁰⁾Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

⁴⁹⁵¹⁾The nobleman saithsaid unto him, Sir, come down erebefore my child die.

⁵⁰⁵²⁾Jesus saithsaid unto him, Go thy way;, thy son liveth. And the man believed the word thatwhich Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

⁵¹⁵³⁾And as he was now going down to his house, his servants met him, and told himspake, saying, Thy son liveth.

⁵²⁵⁴⁾Then enquiredinquired he of them the hour when he began to amendmend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

⁵³⁵⁵⁾So the father knew that ithis son was athealed in the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:; and himself believed, and his whole house.;

⁵⁴⁵⁶⁾This is againbeing the second miracle thatwhich Jesus did,had done when he washad come out of JudaeaJudea into Galilee.