John 4:19-38

English Standard Version

¹⁹ The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that ^(A)you are ^(B)a prophet. ^20 (C)Our fathers worshiped on ^(D)this mountain, but you say that ^(E)in Jerusalem is ^(F)the place where people ought to worship.” ²¹ Jesus said to her, ^(G)“Woman, believe me, ^(H)the hour is coming when ^(I)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. ^22 (J)You worship what you do not know; ^(K)we worship what we know, for ^(L)salvation is ^(M)from the Jews. ²³ But ^(N)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father ^(O)in spirit and ^(P)truth, for the Father ^(Q)is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” ²⁵ The woman said to him, “I know that ^(R)Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, ^(S)he will tell us all things.” ²⁶ Jesus said to her, ^(T)“I who speak to you am he.”

²⁷ Just then ^(U)his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” ²⁸ So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, ²⁹ “Come, see a man ^(V)who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” ³⁰ They went out of the town and were coming to him.

³¹ Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, ^(W)“Rabbi, eat.” ³² But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” ³³ So the disciples said to one another, ^(X)“Has anyone brought him something to eat?” ³⁴ Jesus said to them, ^(Y)“My food is ^(Z)to do the will of him who sent me and ^(AA)to accomplish his work. ³⁵ Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that ^(AB)the fields are white for harvest. ³⁶ Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that ^(AC)sower and ^(AD)reaper ^(AE)may rejoice together. ³⁷ For here the saying holds true, ^(AF)‘One sows and another reaps.’ ³⁸ I sent you to reap ^(AG)that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, ^(AH)and you have entered into their labor.”