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La mujer samaritana

Por tanto, cuando el Señor(A) supo que los fariseos habían oído que Él hacía y bautizaba(B) más discípulos que Juan (aunque Jesús mismo no bautizaba(C), sino Sus discípulos(D)), salió de Judea(E) y se fue otra vez para Galilea(F). Y Él tenía que pasar por Samaria(G).

Llegó*, pues, a una ciudad de Samaria(H) llamada Sicar, cerca de la parcela de tierra que Jacob dio a su hijo José(I); y allí estaba el pozo de Jacob. Entonces Jesús, cansado del camino, se sentó[a] junto al pozo. Era cerca del mediodía. Una mujer de Samaria vino* a sacar agua, y Jesús le dijo*: «Dame de beber».

Pues Sus discípulos(J) habían ido a la ciudad(K) a comprar alimentos. Entonces la mujer samaritana(L) le dijo*: «¿Cómo es que Tú, siendo judío, me pides de beber a mí, que soy samaritana?». (Porque los judíos no tienen tratos con los samaritanos(M)).

10 Jesús le respondió: «Si tú conocieras el don de Dios, y quién es el que te dice: “Dame de beber”, tú le habrías pedido a Él, y Él te hubiera dado agua viva(N)».

11 Ella le dijo*: «Señor, no tienes con qué sacarla, y el pozo es hondo; ¿de dónde, pues, tienes esa agua viva(O)? 12 ¿Acaso eres Tú mayor que nuestro padre Jacob, que nos dio el pozo(P) del cual bebió él mismo, y sus hijos, y sus ganados?».

13 Jesús le respondió: «Todo el que beba de esta agua volverá a tener sed, 14 pero el que beba del agua que Yo le daré, no tendrá sed jamás(Q), sino que el agua que Yo le daré se convertirá en él en una fuente de agua que brota para vida eterna(R)».

15 «Señor», le dijo* la mujer, «dame esa agua, para que no tenga sed(S) ni venga hasta aquí a sacarla». 16 Jesús le dijo*: «Ve, llama a tu marido y ven acá». 17 «No tengo marido», respondió la mujer. Jesús le dijo*: «Bien has dicho: “No tengo marido”, 18 porque cinco maridos has tenido, y el que ahora tienes no es tu marido; en eso has dicho la verdad».

19 La mujer le dijo*: «Señor, me parece que Tú eres profeta(T). 20 Nuestros padres adoraron(U) en este monte(V), y ustedes dicen que en Jerusalén(W) está el lugar donde se debe adorar».

21 Jesús le dijo*: «Mujer, cree lo que te digo: la hora viene(X)cuando ni en este monte ni en Jerusalén adorarán ustedes al Padre(Y). 22 Ustedes adoran lo que no conocen(Z); nosotros adoramos lo que conocemos, porque la salvación viene[b]de los judíos(AA). 23 Pero la hora viene, y ahora es(AB), cuando los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu(AC)y en verdad; porque ciertamente a los tales el Padre busca que lo adoren. 24 Dios es espíritu[c], y los que lo adoran deben adorar en espíritu(AD)y en verdad».

25 La mujer le dijo*: «Sé que el Mesías(AE) viene (el que es llamado Cristo(AF)); cuando Él venga nos declarará todo». 26 Jesús le dijo*: «Yo soy(AG), el que habla contigo».

27 En esto llegaron Sus discípulos(AH) y se admiraron de que hablara con una mujer, pero ninguno le preguntó: «¿Qué tratas de averiguar?» o: «¿Por qué hablas con ella?». 28 Entonces la mujer dejó su cántaro, fue a la ciudad y dijo* a los hombres: 29 «Vengan, vean a un hombre que me ha dicho todo lo que yo he hecho(AI). ¿No será este el Cristo[d](AJ)?». 30 Y salieron de la ciudad y fueron adonde Él estaba.

31 Mientras tanto, los discípulos le rogaban: «Rabí[e](AK), come». 32 Pero Él les dijo: «Yo tengo para comer una comida que ustedes no saben». 33 Entonces los discípulos(AL) se decían entre sí: «¿Le habrá traído alguien de comer?».

34 Jesús les dijo*: «Mi comida es hacer la voluntad del que me envió(AM)y llevar a cabo Su obra(AN). 35 ¿No dicen ustedes: “Todavía faltan cuatro meses, y después viene la siega”? Pero Yo les digo: alcen sus ojos y vean los campos que ya están blancos para la siega(AO). 36 Ya el segador recibe salario(AP)y recoge fruto(AQ)para vida eterna(AR), para que el que siembra se regocije junto con el que siega. 37 Porque en este caso el dicho es verdadero: “Uno es el que siembra y otro el que siega(AS)”. 38 Yo los envié a ustedes a segar lo que no han trabajado; otros han trabajado y ustedes han entrado en su labor».

39 Y de aquella ciudad(AT), muchos de los samaritanos creyeron en Él por la palabra de la mujer que daba testimonio, diciendo: «Él me dijo todo lo que yo he hecho(AU)». 40 De modo que cuando los samaritanos vinieron, rogaban a Jesús que se quedara con ellos; y Él se quedó allí dos días. 41 Muchos más creyeron por Su palabra, 42 y decían a la mujer: «Ya no creemos por lo que tú has dicho, porque nosotros mismos le hemos oído, y sabemos que Este es en verdad el Salvador del mundo(AV)».

43 Después de los dos días(AW), Jesús salió de allí para Galilea. 44 Porque Jesús mismo dio testimonio de que a un profeta no se le honra en su propia tierra(AX). 45 Así que cuando llegó a Galilea, los galileos lo recibieron, pues habían visto todo lo que Él hizo en Jerusalén durante la fiesta(AY); porque ellos también habían ido a la fiesta.

Curación del hijo de un oficial del rey

46 Entonces vino otra vez Jesús a Caná de Galilea(AZ), donde había convertido el agua en vino(BA). Y había allí cierto oficial del rey cuyo hijo estaba enfermo en Capernaúm(BB). 47 Cuando él oyó que Jesús había venido de Judea a Galilea(BC), fue a Su encuentro y le suplicaba que bajara y sanara a su hijo, porque estaba al borde de la muerte. 48 Jesús entonces le dijo: «Si ustedes no ven señales y prodigios(BD), no creerán». 49 El oficial del rey le dijo*: «Señor, baja antes de que mi hijo muera». 50 «Puedes irte, tu hijo vive», le dijo* Jesús. Y el hombre creyó la palabra que Jesús le dijo, y se fue(BE). 51 Y mientras bajaba a su casa, sus siervos le salieron al encuentro y le dijeron que su hijo[f] vivía. 52 Entonces les preguntó a qué hora había empezado a mejorar. Y le respondieron: «Ayer a la una de la tarde[g] se le quitó[h] la fiebre».

53 El padre entonces se dio cuenta que fue a la hora en que Jesús le dijo: «Tu hijo vive». Y creyó él con toda su casa(BF). 54 Esta[i] fue la segunda señal[j](BG) que Jesús hizo cuando fue de Judea a Galilea(BH).

Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Lit. se sentó así.
  2. 4:22 Lit. es.
  3. 4:24 O Dios es un Espíritu.
  4. 4:29 I.e. el Mesías.
  5. 4:31 O Maestro.
  6. 4:51 O muchacho.
  7. 4:52 I.e. la hora séptima.
  8. 4:52 Lit. le dejó.
  9. 4:54 Lit. Y esta de nuevo.
  10. 4:54 O el segundo milagro.

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(A) although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(C) So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(D) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(E) (His disciples had gone into the town(F) to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(G) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(H)

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(I) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(J) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(K) welling up to eternal life.”(L)

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(M) and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(N) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(O) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(P)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(Q) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(R) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(T) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(U) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(V) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(X) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(Y)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned(Z) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(AA) Could this be the Messiah?”(AB) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(AC) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(AD) that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(AE) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(AF) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(AG) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(AH) a crop for eternal life,(AI) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(AJ) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(AL) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(AM)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(AN) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(AO) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AP) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AQ) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(AR) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(AS) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(AT) believed.

54 This was the second sign(AU) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used

Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and (A)baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed (B)again for Galilee. (C)And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field (D)that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, (E)wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[a]

A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, (F)“Give me a drink.” (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” ((G)For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you (H)living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 (I)Are you greater than our father Jacob? (J)He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but (K)whoever drinks of the water that I will give him (L)will never be thirsty again.[b] The water that I will give him will become (M)in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, (N)give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, (O)call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that (P)you are (Q)a prophet. 20 (R)Our fathers worshiped on (S)this mountain, but you say that (T)in Jerusalem is (U)the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, (V)“Woman, believe me, (W)the hour is coming when (X)neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 (Y)You worship what you do not know; (Z)we worship what we know, for (AA)salvation is (AB)from the Jews. 23 But (AC)the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (AD)in spirit and (AE)truth, for the Father (AF)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 (AG)Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, (AH)he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, (AI)“I who speak to you am he.”

27 Just then (AJ)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 (AK)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, (AL)“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, (AM)“Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, (AN)“My food is (AO)to do the will of him who sent me and (AP)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 (AQ)the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that (AR)sower and (AS)reaper (AT)may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, (AU)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap (AV)that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, (AW)and you have entered into their labor.”

39 Many Samaritans (AX)from that town believed in him (AY)because of (AZ)the woman's testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed (BA)because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, (BB)and we know that this is indeed (BC)the Savior (BD)of the world.”

43 After (BE)the two days he departed for Galilee. 44 (For Jesus himself had testified (BF)that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.) 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, (BG)having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For (BH)they too had gone to the feast.

Jesus Heals an Official's Son

46 So he came again to (BI)Cana in Galilee, (BJ)where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When this man heard that Jesus (BK)had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 So Jesus said to him, (BL)“Unless you[c] see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down (BM)before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants[d] met him and told him that his son was recovering. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour[e] the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” And he himself believed, (BN)and all his household. 54 (BO)This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:6 That is, about noon
  2. John 4:14 Greek forever
  3. John 4:48 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verse
  4. John 4:51 Or bondservants
  5. John 4:52 That is, at 1 p.m.