Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

1Jesus therefore knowing the Pharisees had heard that he made more disciples, and baptized more than John, 2(though Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) he left Judea, 3and returned into Galilee. 4but being obliged to pass through Samaria, 5he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied with his journey, sat him down by the well: it being about the sixth hour.

7where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink. 8for his disciples were gone away to the city to buy provisions. 9but the woman of Samaria said to him, how is it that you who are a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan? (for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.) 10Jesus answered her, if you knew the dispensation of God, and who it is that says to you, give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water. 11sir, said the woman, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then can you get that living water? 12are you wiser than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, as well as his children, and cattle? 13Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again: 14but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: for the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain springing up to everlasting life.

15sir, replied the woman, give me this water, that I may never be adry, nor come hither to draw more. 16go, call your husband, said Jesus, and come again. 17the woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus replied, you were in the right to say you have no husband: 18for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have, is not your husband: in that you said true. 19the woman said to him, sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20our fathers worshipped upon this mountain; and you say, that Jerusalem is the place where we ought to perform our worship. 21Jesus said to her, woman, believe me, the time is coming when it shall be neither on this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem that ye shall worship the father. 22ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is from the Jews. 23but the time is coming, nay, is very nigh, when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth: for they are the worshippers which he requires. 24God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 25then said the woman to him, I know that the Messias (that is to say the Christ) is to come, and when he is come, he will tell us all things. 26Jesus said to her, I that am talking with you am he.

The Disciples Return and Marvel

27Upon this his disciples came, and were surpriz'd at his conversing with the woman: yet none of them said, what did you ask her? or, why do you talk with her? 28the woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, come, 29see a man who told me all that ever I have done: is not this the Christ? 30so they went out of the city, and came to him.

31In the mean while his disciples invited him, saying, pray master, eat. 32but he answered them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of: 33upon which the disciples said one to another, hath any man brought him any thing to eat? 34Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35is it not a common saying, "t'other four months, and then comes harvest?" lift up your eyes now, I say, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36he that reapeth, receiveth wages, by gathering fruit unto life eternal: that the sower, and the reaper, may both rejoice together. 37upon this occasion, that saying is verified, "one soweth, and another reapeth." 38I sent you to reap where you bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and you are entred into their labours.

Many Samaritans Believe

39Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, for that testimony which the woman gave him, "he told me all that ever I did." 40so that when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired him to stay with them: and he stay'd there two days. 41and many more believed, for having heard him speak himself: and said to the woman, 42now it is not for what you have said, that we believe: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the saviour of the world, the Christ.

Jesus Heals the Official’s Son
(Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10)

43Two days after, he departed thence, and went into Galilee: 44(tho' Jesus himself had declared, that a prophet is not honoured in his own country.) 45when he was come into Galilee, he was well received by the Galileans, who had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the feast: for they likewise went to the feast.

46Jesus went therefore a second time to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine, now a certain nobleman was there, whose son was sick at Capernaum. 47who having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went there to desire him to come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 48but Jesus said to him, except you see signs and miracles, you will not believe. 49the nobleman said to him, sir, pray come down before my child be dead. 50go thy way, said Jesus: thy son is well, and the man believed what Jesus had said to him, and went his way. 51as he was upon the road, his servants met him, and acquainted him, that his son was well. 52then he enquired of them the hour when he began to mend: and they answered, yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. 53so the father knew that it was at the very same hour, at which Jesus said to him, thy son is well, and he himself believed, and all his family. 54Jesus did this second miracle when he return'd from Judea to Galilee.