12. Are you greater than Jacob, our father? Jacob is the one who gave us this well. He drank from it himself. Also, his sons and flocks drank from this well.”
13. Jesus answered, “Every person who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14. But whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give will become a spring of water flowing inside him. It will give him eternal life.”
15. The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again. And I will not have to come back here to get more water.”
16. Jesus told her, “Go get your husband and come back here.”
17. The woman answered, “But I have no husband.”Jesus said to her, “You are right to say you have no husband.
18. Really you have had five husbands. But the man you live with now is not your husband. You told the truth.”
19. The woman said, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
20. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where people must worship.”