1. Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John.
2. (But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.)
3. So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
4. On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria.
5. In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon.
7. A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”