1. The Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more followers than John.
2. (But really Jesus himself did not baptize people. His followers did the baptizing.) Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him.
3. So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
4. On the way he had to go through the country of Samaria.
5. In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar. This town 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. Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”
8. (This happened while Jesus’ followers were in town buying some food.)
9. The woman said, “I am surprised that you ask me for a drink. You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan.” (Jews are not friends with Samaritans.)
10. Jesus said, “You don’t know what God gives. And you don’t know who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water.”
11. The woman said, “Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with.