John:4:5-38
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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 .
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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 .
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There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water :
Jesus saith unto her ,
Give me to drink .
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For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat .)
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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Art thou greater than our father Jacob ,
which gave us the well ,
and drank thereof himself ,
and his children ,
and his cattle ?
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Jesus answered and said unto her ,
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again :
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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 .
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The woman saith unto him ,
Sir ,
give me this water ,
that I thirst not ,
neither come hither to draw .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
Go ,
call thy husband ,
and come hither .
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The woman answered and said ,
I have no husband .
Jesus said unto her ,
Thou hast well said ,
I have no husband :
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For thou hast had five husbands ;
and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband :
in that saidst thou truly .
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The woman saith unto him ,
Sir ,
I perceive that thou art a prophet .
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Our fathers worshipped in this mountain ;
and ye say ,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
Woman ,
believe me ,
the hour cometh ,
when ye shall neither in this mountain ,
nor yet at Jerusalem ,
worship the Father .
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Ye worship ye know not what :
we know what we worship :
for salvation is of the Jews .
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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 .
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God is a Spirit :
and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth .
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The woman saith unto him ,
I know that Messias cometh ,
which is called Christ :
when he is come ,
he will tell us all things .
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Jesus saith unto her ,
I that speak unto thee am he .
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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 ?
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The woman then left her waterpot ,
and went her way into the city ,
and saith to the men ,
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Come ,
see a man ,
which told me all things that ever I did :
is not this the Christ ?
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Then they went out of the city ,
and came unto him .
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In the mean while his disciples prayed him ,
saying ,
Master ,
eat .
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But he said unto them ,
I have meat to eat that ye know not of .
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Therefore said the disciples one to another ,
Hath any man brought him ought to eat ?
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Jesus saith unto them ,
My meat is to do the will of him that sent me ,
and to finish his work .
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Say not ye ,
There are yet four months ,
and then cometh harvest ?
behold ,
I say unto you ,
Lift up your eyes ,
and look on the fields ;
for they are white already to harvest .
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And he that reapeth receiveth wages ,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal :
that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together .
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And herein is that saying true ,
One soweth ,
and another reapeth .
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I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour :
other men laboured ,
and ye are entered into their labours .