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When therefore the Lord knew, that the Pharisees had heard - Jesus, more disciples, is making and immersing, than John, -

although indeed, Jesus himself, was not immersing, but his disciples,

he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

Now he must needs pass through Samaria.

He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.

Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her - Give me to drink!

for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.

The Samaritan woman, therefore, saith unto him - How dost, thou, being, a Jew, ask to drink, of me, who am, a Samaritan woman? for, Jews, have no dealings with Samaritans.

Jesus answered, and said unto her - If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.

She saith unto him - Sir! not even a bucket, hast thou, - and, the well, is, deep: - Whence, then, hast thou the living water?

Art, thou, greater than, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, - and, himself, out of it drank, and his sons, and his flocks?

Jesus answered, and said unto her - Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;

But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding, - but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.

The woman saith unto him - Sir! give me this water, that I thirst not, neither be coming hither to draw.

He saith unto her - Go, call thy husband, and come hither!

The woman answered, and said unto him- I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her - Well, saidst thou, A husband, I have not;

for, five husbands, thou hast had, - and, now, he whom thou hast, is not thy, husband: This true thing, hast thou spoken.

The woman saith unto him - Sir! I perceive that, a prophet, art, thou: -

Our fathers, in this mountain, worshipped; and, ye, say, that, in Jerusalem, is the place, where, to worship, it behoveth.

Jesus saith unto her - Believe me, woman! There cometh an hour, when, neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.

Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.

But there cometh an hour, and, now, is, - when, the real worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, even the Father, is seeking, such as these, as his worshippers.

God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.

The woman saith unto him - I know that, Messiah, cometh, who is called Christ, - Whensoever, he, shall come, he will tell us, everything.

Jesus saith unto her - I, that speak unto thee, am he.

And, hereupon, came his disciples, and they began to marvel, that, with a woman, he was talking. No one, however, said - What seekest thou? or - Why talkest thou with her?

The woman, therefore, left her water-vessel, and went away into the city, and saith unto the men -

Come! see a man, that told me all things that ever I did: Can, this, be, the Christ?

They came forth out of the city, and were coming unto him.