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John 4:17-54
New American Standard Bible
John 4:17-54
New American Standard Bible
17 The woman answered and said to Him, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this which you have said is true.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “[a]Sir, I perceive that You are (A)a prophet. 20 (B)Our fathers worshiped on (C)this mountain, and yet you Jews say that (D)in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Believe Me, woman, that [b](E)a time is coming when you will worship the Father (F)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 (G)You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because (H)salvation is from the Jews. 23 But [c](I)a time is coming, and [d]even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (J)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be [e]His worshipers. 24 God is [f]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship (K)in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that (L)Messiah is coming ((M)He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “(N)I am He, the One speaking to you.”
27 And at this point His (O)disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What are You seeking?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” 28 So the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and *said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man (P)who told me all the things that I have done; (Q)this is not the [g]Christ, is He?” 30 They left the city and were coming to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “(R)Rabbi, eat something.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the (S)disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to (T)do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (U)accomplish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white (V)for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving (W)wages and is gathering (X)fruit for (Y)eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true: ‘(Z)One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have [h]come into their labor.”
The Samaritans
39 Now from (AA)that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “(AB)He told me all the things that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to [i]Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of His word; 42 and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One truly is (AC)the Savior of the world.”
43 And after (AD)the two days, He departed from there for Galilee. 44 For Jesus Himself testified that (AE)a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, only because (AF)they had seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.
Healing an Official’s Son
46 Therefore He came again to (AG)Cana of Galilee, (AH)where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at (AI)Capernaum. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come (AJ)from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. 48 Then Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see [j](AK)signs and (AL)wonders, you simply will not believe.” 49 The royal official *said to Him, “[k]Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus *said to him, “(AM)Go; your son [l]is alive.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went home. 51 And as he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his [m]son was [n]alive. 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the [o]seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son is alive”; and he himself believed, and (AN)his entire household. 54 This is again a (AO)second [p]sign that Jesus performed when He had (AP)come from Judea into Galilee.
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- John 4:19 Or Lord
- John 4:21 Lit an hour
- John 4:23 Lit an hour
- John 4:23 Lit now is, when
- John 4:23 Lit the ones worshiping Him
- John 4:24 Or Spirit
- John 4:29 I.e., Messiah
- John 4:38 I.e., enjoyed the fruit of their labor
- John 4:40 Lit Him
- John 4:48 I.e., confirming miracles
- John 4:49 Or Lord
- John 4:50 I.e., is well
- John 4:51 Or boy
- John 4:51 I.e., well
- John 4:52 I.e., 1 p.m.
- John 4:54 I.e., confirming miracle
John 4:17-54
New International Version
John 4:17-54
New International Version
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(A) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(B) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(C)
21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(D) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(E) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(F) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(G) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(H) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(I) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(J) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(K) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(L)
The Disciples Rejoin Jesus
27 Just then his disciples returned(M) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(N) Could this be the Messiah?”(O) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.
31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(P) eat something.”
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(Q) that you know nothing about.”
33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”
34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(R) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(S) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(T) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(U) a crop for eternal life,(V) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(W) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
Many Samaritans Believe
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(X) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(Y) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.
42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(Z)
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son
43 After the two days(AA) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(AB) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AC) for they also had been there.
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AD) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(AE) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(AF) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”
49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”
The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”
53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(AG) believed.
54 This was the second sign(AH) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.
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