1. The Pharisees heard that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John.
2. (Actually, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; only his disciples did.)
3. So when Jesus heard what was being said, he left Judea and went back to Galilee;
4. on his way there he had to go through Samaria.
5. In Samaria he came to a town named Sychar, which was not far from the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired out by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7. A Samaritan woman came to draw some water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink of water.”
8. (His disciples had gone into town to buy food.)
9. The woman answered, “You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan — so how can you ask me for a drink?” (Jews will not use the same cups and bowls that Samaritans use.)