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For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?"

But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

And at this point His disciples came, and they were marveling that He was speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You speaking with her?"

Jesus *said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

And many more believed because of His word;

For Jesus Himself bore witness that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was about to die.

Jesus *said to him, "Go; your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started on his way.

And while he was still going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was alive.

So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives"; and he himself believed and his whole household.

And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

He was the lamp that was burning and shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

And the Father who sent Me, He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"

Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples.