John 4:1–14

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

4When Jesus ^sknew that the Pharisees ^theard He was making ^uand baptizing more disciples than John ^v2(though Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), ³He left Judea ^wand went again to Galilee. ^x4He had to travel through Samaria, ^y5so He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property ^zthat Jacob ^ahad given his son Joseph. ^b6Jacob’s well ^cwas there, and Jesus, worn out from His journey, sat down at the well. It was about six in the evening. ^d

⁷A woman of Samaria came to draw water. ^e

“Give Me a drink,” Jesus said to her, ⁸for His disciples had gone into town to buy food.

⁹“How is it that You, a Jew, ^fask for a drink from me, a Samaritan ^gwoman?” she asked Him. For Jews do not associate with ^hSamaritans. ⁱ

¹⁰Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, ^jand who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.” ^k

¹¹“Sir,” ^lsaid the woman, “You don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do You get this ‘living water’? ¹²You aren’t greater than our father Jacob, ^mare You? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and livestock.”

¹³Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. ¹⁴But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! ⁿIn fact, the water I will give him will become a well ^opof water springing up within him for eternal life.” ^q