3. He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4. It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria.
5. And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6. And Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down [to rest] by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon).
7. Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink–
8. For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food–
9. The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?–For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans–
10. Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
11. She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]
12. Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?
13. Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
14. But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
15. The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw.
16. At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here.
17. The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.
18. For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.
19. The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet.
20. Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.
21. Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem.