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So then, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that He was making and baptizing more disciples than John

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing; rather, His disciples were),

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

He left Judea and went away again to Galilee.

He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

And He had to pass through Samaria.

And he must needs go through Samaria.

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

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was just sitting by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

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

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

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

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

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.)

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the 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."

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

She said to Him, "Sir, You have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do You get this living water?

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

"You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well and drank of it himself, and his sons and his cattle?"

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again;

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

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."

But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way here to draw water."

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

He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here."

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

The woman answered and said to Him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no husband';

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this which you have said is true."

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

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

The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

"Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and yet you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship."

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

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.

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

"You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

"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.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us."

The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Jesus said to her, "I am He, the One speaking to you."

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

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?"

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

So the woman left her waterpot and went into the city, and said to the people,

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

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

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

They left the city and were coming to Him.

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.