6. Jacob’s Well was there. Jesus sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about six o’clock in the evening.
7. A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.”
8. (His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)
9. The Samaritan woman asked him, “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (Jews, of course, don’t associate with Samaritans.)
10. Jesus replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”
11. The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have anything to use to get water, and the well is deep. So where are you going to get this living water?
12. You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”
13. Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again.
14. But those who drink the water that I will give them will never become thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give them will become in them a spring that gushes up to eternal life.”
15. The woman told Jesus, “Sir, give me this water! Then I won’t get thirsty or have to come here to get water.”
16. Jesus told her, “Go to your husband, and bring him here.”
17. The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.”Jesus told her, “You’re right when you say that you don’t have a husband.
18. You’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. You’ve told the truth.”
19. The woman said to Jesus, “I see that you’re a prophet!
20. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that people must worship in Jerusalem.”
21. Jesus told her, “Believe me. A time is coming when you Samaritans won’t be worshiping the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.