sarily pass through Samaria. (5)Then he
cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sichar, near the spot of ground
which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6)And Jacob's well was there.
Therefore Jesus, weary with his journey, e'en sat himself down on the
well: it was about the sixth hour. (7)A woman of Samaria comes to draw
water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink. (8)(For his disciples were
gone into the city to buy provisions.) (9)The Samaritan woman therefore
saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan
woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.
(10)Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of
God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou wouldest have requested
him, and he would have given thee life-giving water. (11)The woman
saith unto him, Thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then
canst thou have this water that giveth life? (12)Art thou greater than
our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and
his children, and his cattle? (13)Jesus answered and said unto her,
Every one who drinketh of this water shall thirst again: (14)but
whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him, he shall no
more thirst to eternity; but the water which I will give him, shall be
in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal. (15)The woman
saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may no more thirst, nor
come hither to draw. (16)Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and
come hither. (17)The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus
saith to her, Thou hast spoken right, that thou hast no husband:
(18)for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not
thy husband: in this thou hast spoken true. (19)The woman saith to him,
Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. (20)Our fathers worshipped in
this mountain; and ye affirm, That the place where we ought to worship
is at Jerusalem. (21)Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, that the
hour approaches, when ye shall worship the Father neither in this
mountain, nor at Jerusalem. (22)Ye worship ye know not what: we worship
what we do know: for salvation cometh from the Jews. (23)But the hour
is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such
worshippers of him. (24)God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must
worship him in spirit and in truth. (25)The woman saith, I know that