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So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."

So the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that You, though You are a Jew, are asking me for a drink, though I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

Jesus replied to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life."

The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

Jesus said to her, "Believe Me, woman, that a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

"But a time is coming, and even now has arrived, 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 amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What are You seeking?" or, "Why are You speaking with her?"

"Come, see a Man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is He?"

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

Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum.

This is again a second sign that Jesus performed when He had come from Judea into Galilee.

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.

In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed.

Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, "Do you want to get well?"

Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is a Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."