Contemporary English Version Anglicised

John 4:9-19 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. “You are a Jew,” she replied, “and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink of water when Jews and Samaritans won't have anything to do with each other?”

10. Jesus answered, “You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life.”

11. “Sir,” the woman said, “you don't even have a bucket, and the well is deep. Where are you going to get this life-giving water?

12. Our ancestor Jacob dug this well for us, and his family and animals got water from it. Are you greater than Jacob?”

13. Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again.

14. But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life.”

15. The woman replied, “Sir, please give me a drink of that water! Then I won't get thirsty and have to come to this well again.”

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.