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.”