16. Jesus told her, “Go and bring your husband.”
17-18. The woman answered, “I don't have a husband.”“That's right,” Jesus replied, “you're telling the truth. You don't have a husband. You have already been married five times, and the man you are now living with isn't your husband.”
19. The woman said, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20. My ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say Jerusalem is the only place to worship.”
21. Jesus said to her:Believe me, the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
22. You Samaritans don't really know the one you worship. But we Jews do know the God we worship, and by using us, God will save the world.
23. But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshippers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him.
24. God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth.
25. The woman said, “I know that the Messiah will come. He is the one we call Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26. “I am that one,” Jesus told her, “and I am speaking to you now.”
27. The disciples returned about this time and were surprised to find Jesus talking with a woman. But none of them asked him what he wanted or why he was talking with her.
28. The woman left her water jar and ran back into town. She said to the people,
29. “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Could he be the Messiah?”
30. Everyone in town went out to see Jesus.
31. While this was happening, Jesus' disciples were saying to him, “Teacher, please eat something.”
32. But Jesus told them, “I have food that you don't know anything about.”
33. His disciples started asking each other, “Has someone brought him something to eat?”
34. Jesus said:My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do.
35. You may say that there are still four months until harvest time. But I tell you to look, and you will see that the fields are ripe and ready to harvest.