John 4:1-7 ▼

1 Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

2 though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

3 He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.

4 His road lay through Samaria,

5 and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.

7 Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;