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The Woman at the Well

4Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performedG5613G3767G2962G1097G3754G5330G191G3754G2424G4160G2532G907G4119G3101G2228G2491 2(although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). They had posted the score that Jesus was ahead, turning him and John into rivals in the eyes of the people.G2544G2424G846G907G3756G235G846G3101 3So Jesus left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.G863G2449G2532G565G3825G1519G1056 4To get there, he had to pass through Samaria.G1161G1163G1330G1223G4540 5He came into Sychar, a Samaritan village that bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph.G3767G2064G1519G4172G4540G3004G4965G4139G5564G3739G2384G1325G846G5207G2501 6Jacob's well was still there. Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon.G1161G2384G4077G2258G1563G2424G3767G2872G1537G3597G2516G3779G1909G4077G2258G5616G1623G5610 7A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, "Would you give me a drink of water?"G2064G1135G1537G4540G501G5204G2424G3004G846G1325G3427G4095 8(His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)G1063G846G3101G565G1519G4172G2443G59G5160 9The Samaritan woman, taken aback, asked, "How come you, a Jew, are asking me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" (Jews in those days wouldn't be caught dead talking to Samaritans.)G3767G3004G1135G4542G846G4459G4771G5607G2453G154G4095G3844G1700G5607G1135G4542G1063G2453G4798G3756G4798G4541 10Jesus answered, "If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh, living water."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1487G1492G1431G2316G2532G5101G2076G3004G4671G1325G3427G4095G4771G302G154G846G2532G302G1325G4671G2198G5204 11The woman said, "Sir, you don't even have a bucket to draw with, and this well is deep. So how are you going to get this 'living water'?G1135G3004G846G2962G2192G3777G502G2532G5421G2076G901G4159G3767G2192G2198G5204 12Are you a better man than our ancestor Jacob, who dug this well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down to us?"G3361G1488G4771G3187G2257G3962G2384G3739G1325G2254G5421G2532G4095G1537G846G846G2532G846G5207G2532G846G2353 13Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3956G4095G1537G5127G5204G1372G3825 14Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life."G1161G3739G302G4095G1537G5204G3739G1473G1325G846G1372G1519G165G3364G1372G235G5204G3739G1325G846G1096G1722G846G4077G5204G242G1519G166G2222 15The woman said, "Sir, give me this water so I won't ever get thirsty, won't ever have to come back to this well again!"G1135G3004G4314G846G2962G1325G3427G5124G5204G3363G1372G3363G3366G2064G1759G501 16He said, "Go call your husband and then come back."G2424G3004G846G5217G5455G4675G435G2532G2064G1759 17"I have no husband," she said. "That's nicely put: 'I have no husband.'G1135G611G2532G2036G2192G3756G435G2424G3004G846G2036G2573G2036G3754G2192G3756G435 18You've had five husbands, and the man you're living with now isn't even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough."G1063G2192G4002G435G2532G3739G2192G3568G2192G2076G3756G4675G435G5124G2046G227 19"Oh, so you're a prophet!G1135G3004G846G2962G2334G3754G4771G1488G4396 20Well, tell me this: Our ancestors worshiped God at this mountain, but you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place for worship, right?"G2257G3962G4352G1722G5129G3735G2532G5210G3004G3754G1722G2414G2076G5117G3699G1163G4352 21"Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem.G2424G3004G846G1135G4100G3427G5610G3754G2064G3753G4352G3777G1722G5129G3735G3777G1722G2414G4352G3962 22You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God's way of salvation is made available through the Jews.G5210G4352G1492G3756G3739G1492G3739G2249G4352G3754G4991G2076G1537G2453 23But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you're called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. "It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.G235G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G228G4353G4352G3962G1722G4151G2532G225G2532G1063G3962G2212G5108G4352G846 24God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration."G2316G4151G2532G4352G846G1163G4352G1722G4151G2532G225 25The woman said, "I don't know about that. I do know that the Messiah is coming. When he arrives, we'll get the whole story."G1135G3004G846G1492G3754G3323G2064G3588G3004G5547G3752G1565G2064G312G2254G3956 26"I am he," said Jesus. "You don't have to wait any longer or look any further."G2424G3004G846G1473G2980G4671G1510 27Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked. They couldn't believe he was talking with that kind of a woman. No one said what they were all thinking, but their faces showed it.G2532G1909G5129G2064G846G3101G2532G2296G3754G2980G3326G1135G3305G3762G2036G5101G2212G2228G5101G2980G3326G846 28The woman took the hint and left. In her confusion she left her water pot. Back in the village she told the people,G1135G3767G863G846G5201G2532G565G1519G4172G2532G3004G444 29"Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?"G1205G1492G444G3739G2036G3427G3956G3745G4160G2076G3385G3778G5547 30And they went out to see for themselves.G3767G1831G1537G4172G2532G2064G4314G846

It’s Harvest Time

31In the meantime, the disciples pressed him, "Rabbi, eat. Aren't you going to eat?"G1161G1722G3342G3101G2065G846G3004G4461G5315 32He told them, "I have food to eat you know nothing about."G1161G2036G846G1473G2192G1035G5315G3739G5210G1492G3756G1492 33The disciples were puzzled. "Who could have brought him food?"G3767G3004G3101G4314G240G5342G3387G5342G846G5315 34Jesus said, "The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started.G2424G3004G846G1699G1033G2076G2443G4160G2307G3992G3165G2532G5048G846G2041 35As you look around right now, wouldn't you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I'm telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what's right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It's harvest time!G3004G3756G5210G3754G2076G2089G5072G2532G2064G2326G2400G3004G5213G1869G5216G3788G2532G2300G5561G3754G1526G3022G2235G4314G2326 36"The Harvester isn't waiting. He's taking his pay, gathering in this grain that's ripe for eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant.G2532G2325G2983G3408G2532G4863G2590G1519G2222G166G2443G2532G4687G2532G2325G5463G3674 37That's the truth of the saying, 'This one sows, that one harvests.'G1063G1722G5129G2076G3056G228G3754G243G2076G4687G2532G243G2325 38I sent you to harvest a field you never worked. Without lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by others."G1473G649G5209G2325G3739G5210G2872G3756G2872G243G2872G2532G5210G1525G1519G846G2873 39Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him because of the woman's witness: "He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!"G1161G4183G4541G1537G1565G4172G4100G1519G846G1223G3056G1135G3140G3754G2036G3427G3956G3745G4160 40They asked him to stay on, so Jesus stayed two days.G3767G5613G4541G2064G4314G846G2065G846G3306G3844G846G2532G3306G1563G1417G2250 41A lot more people entrusted their lives to him when they heard what he had to say.G2532G4183G4119G4100G1223G846G3056 42They said to the woman, "We're no longer taking this on your say-so. We've heard it for ourselves and know it for sure. He's the Savior of the world!"G5037G3004G1135G3754G3765G4100G3754G1223G4674G2981G1063G191G846G2532G1492G3754G3778G2076G230G5547G4990G2889 43After the two days he left for Galilee.G1161G3326G1417G2250G565G1831G1564G2532G1519G1056 44Now, Jesus knew well from experience that a prophet is not respected in the place where he grew up.G1063G2424G846G3140G3754G4396G2192G3756G5092G1722G2398G3968 45So when he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up to.G3767G3753G2064G1519G1056G1057G1209G846G3708G3956G3739G4160G1722G2414G1722G1859G1063G846G2532G2064G1519G1859 46Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water into wine. Meanwhile in Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king's court whose son was sick.G3767G2424G2064G3825G1519G2580G1056G3699G4160G5204G3631G2532G2258G5100G937G3739G5207G770G1722G2584 47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down and heal his son, who was on the brink of death.G3778G191G3754G2424G2240G1537G2449G1519G1056G565G4314G846G2532G2065G846G2443G2597G2532G2390G846G5207G1063G3195G599 48Jesus put him off: "Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe."G3767G2036G2424G4314G846G3362G1492G4592G2532G5059G4100G3364G4100 49But the court official wouldn't be put off. "Come down! It's life or death for my son."G937G3004G4314G846G2962G2597G4250G3450G3813G599 50Jesus simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives." The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home.G2424G3004G846G4198G4675G5207G2198G2532G444G4100G3056G3739G2424G2036G846G2532G4198 51On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"G1161G846G2235G2597G846G1401G528G846G2532G518G3004G3754G4675G3816G2198 52He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."G3767G4441G3844G846G5610G1722G3739G2192G2866G2532G2036G846G3754G5504G1442G5610G4446G863G846 53The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives." That clinched it. Not only he but his entire household believed.G3767G3962G1097G3754G1722G1565G5610G1722G3739G2424G2036G846G3754G4675G5207G2198G2532G846G4100G2532G846G3650G3614 54This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.G5124G3825G1208G4592G2424G4160G2064G1537G2449G1519G1056


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