{"verses": {"kjv": ["1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,\n", "2. (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)\n", "3. He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.\n", "4. And he must needs go through Samaria.\n", "5. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.\n", "6. Now Jacob\u2019s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with\nhis journey, sat thus on the well:\nand it was about the sixth hour.\n", "7. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,\nGive me to drink.\n", "8. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)\n", "9. Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.\n", "10. Jesus answered and said unto her,\nIf thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.\n", "11. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?\n", "12. Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?\n", "13. Jesus answered and said unto her,\nWhosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:\n", "14. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.\n", "15. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.\n", "16. Jesus saith unto her,\nGo, call thy husband, and come hither.\n", "17. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her,\nThou hast well said, I have no husband:\n", "18. For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.\n", "19. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.\n", "20. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.\n", "21. Jesus saith unto her,\nWoman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.\n", "22. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.\n", "23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.\n", "24. God\nis a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship\nhim in spirit and in truth.\n", "25. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.\n", "26. Jesus saith unto her,\nI that speak unto thee am\nhe.", "27. And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?\n", "28. The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,\n", "29. Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?\n", "30. Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.\n", "31. In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.\n", "32. But he said unto them,\nI have meat to eat that ye know not of.\n", "33. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him\nought to eat?\n", "34. Jesus saith unto them,\nMy meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.\n", "35. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and\nthen cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.\n", "36. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.\n", "37. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.\n", "38. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.", "39. And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.\n", "40. So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.\n", "41. And many more believed because of his own word;\n", "42. And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard\nhim ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.\n", "43. Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.\n", "44. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.\n", "45. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.\n", "46. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.\n", "47. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.\n", "48. Then said Jesus unto him,\nExcept ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.\n", "49. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.\n", "50. Jesus saith unto him,\nGo thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.\n", "51. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told\nhim,\n saying, Thy son liveth.\n", "52. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.\n", "53. So the father knew that\nit was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him,\nThy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.\n", "54. This\nis again the second miracle\nthat Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.\n"], "nakjv": ["1. When the Lord found out that the Pharisees had heard about Jesus gaining and baptizing more disciples than John,", "2. Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples did.", "3. He left Judea and went back to Galilee.", "4. He had to pass through Samaria.", "5. Then he arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar, close to the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.", "6. Jacob's well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.", "7. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, \"Give me a drink.\"", "8. (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)", "9. The Samaritan woman said to him, \"How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman? Jews usually have nothing to do with Samaritans.\"", "10. Jesus responded to her, \"If you recognized God's gift and realized who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.\"", "11. The woman said to him, \"Sir, you don't have anything to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?\"", "12. Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his children and his livestock?", "13. Jesus answered her, \"Anyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again:", "14. But whoever drinks the water I give them will never be thirsty again. Instead, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.", "15. The woman said to him, \"Sir, give me this water so I won't be thirsty and won't have to come here to draw water.\"", "16. Jesus said to her,\n\"Go, call your husband, and come back here.\"", "17. The woman replied, \"I have no husband.\" Jesus said to her, \"You are right to say, 'I have no husband.'\"", "18. You have had five husbands, and the man you're with now is not your husband. You spoke the truth about that.", "19. The woman said to him, \"Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.\"", "20. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain; but you claim that Jerusalem is the place where people should worship.", "21. Jesus said to her, \"Woman, believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.", "22. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation comes from the Jews.", "23. The time is coming, and is already here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship Him this way.", "24. God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.", "25. The woman said to him, \"I know that the Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.\"", "26. Jesus said to her, \"I who am speaking to you am he.\"", "27. When his disciples returned, they were surprised to find him talking with a woman, but none of them asked, \"What do you want?\" or \"Why are you talking with her?\"", "28. The woman left her water jar behind, went back to the city, and said to the men,", "29. Come and see a man who told me everything I\u2019ve ever done. Could this be the Messiah?", "30. Then they left the city and went to meet him.", "31. Meanwhile, his disciples urged him, saying, \"Master, eat.\"", "32. But he told them,\n\"I have food to eat that you don't know about.\"", "33. So the disciples asked each other, \"Did anyone bring him something to eat?\"", "34. Jesus said to them, \"My food is to do the will of the One who sent me and to complete His work.\"", "35. Don't you say, 'It's still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you, open your eyes and observe the fields; they are already ripe for harvesting.", "36. The one who reaps receives a reward and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both the sower and the reaper can celebrate together.", "37. This saying really holds true: One person plants, and another harvests.", "38. I sent you to harvest where you did not do the work; others did the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.", "39. Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman had said as she testified, \"He told me everything I ever did.\"", "40. So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them. And he stayed there for two days.", "41. And many more believed because of what he said.", "42. They said to the woman, \"Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. We know that he is truly the Christ, the Savior of the world.\"", "43. After two days, he left that place and went to Galilee.", "44. Jesus himself said that a prophet receives no honor in his own hometown.", "45. When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the festival; they too had gone to the festival.", "46. So Jesus returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned water into wine. There, a certain nobleman\u2019s son was ill in Capernaum.", "47. When he learned that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and pleaded with him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.", "48. Then Jesus said to him,\n\"Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.\"", "49. The man said to him, \"Sir, please come before my child dies.\"", "50. Jesus said to him, \"Go on your way; your son will live.\" And the man believed what Jesus had told him and went on his way.", "51. As he was on his way down, his servants approached him and told him, \"Your son is alive.\"", "52. Then he asked them at what time he started to get better. They answered him, \"Yesterday at one in the afternoon the fever left him.\"", "53. So the father realized that his son started getting better at the exact time Jesus had told him, \"Your son will live.\" This led him, and his entire household, to believe.", "54. This was the second miracle that Jesus performed after he left Judea and went to Galilee."]}, "summary": [{"text": "John 4 presents a profound narrative centered around Jesus's interaction with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, an encounter that beautifully illustrates themes of redemption, spiritual insight, and the breaking of social barriers.", "audio_path": "part_0.mp3"}, {"text": "This chapter opens as Jesus travels through Samaria, a region typically avoided by Jews due to deep-seated historical and religious animosities. However, Jesus intentionally journeys into Samaria, coming to rest at a well near the town of Sychar. Here, in the heat of the midday sun, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman coming to draw water. This scene is significant, as rabbis of Jesus's time generally avoided speaking alone with women in public, let alone a Samaritan woman, highlighting Jesus\u2019s disregard for societal norms in favor of fulfilling His mission.", "audio_path": "part_1.mp3"}, {"text": "As they converse, Jesus requests a drink from her. Surprised by this request, given the prevailing Jewish disdain for Samaritans, the woman inquires why He would ask such a thing from her. Jesus responds with a profound statement about offering \"living water\" - an offer that transcends physical thirst to address deeper, spiritual needs. This living water is emblematic of the eternal life and inner fulfillment found only in Christ.", "audio_path": "part_2.mp3"}, {"text": "Jesus gently exposes the reality of the woman\u2019s personal life\u2014her multiple previous marriages and current unconventional relationship, demonstrating His divine insight and prophetic knowledge. This revelation triggers a deeper theological conversation about the proper place of worship. Jesus emphasizes that true worship does not depend on physical location\u2014whether on Mount Gerizim or Jerusalem\u2014but must be \"in spirit and truth.\" This shifts the focus from external religious rites to the internal posture of the heart towards God.", "audio_path": "part_3.mp3"}, {"text": "Intriguingly, Jesus explicitly reveals His identity as the Messiah during their dialogue. This is pivotal as it's one of the few instances in the Gospels where Jesus directly discloses His messianic identity, saying, \"I who speak to you am He.\" The woman\u2019s response to this revelation is a testament to the power of personal testimony\u2014she leaves her water jar behind, symbolizing her new priorities, and returns to her town to share her encounter with Christ.", "audio_path": "part_4.mp3"}, {"text": "Following this, John 4 shifts to include Jesus's interaction with His disciples and a broader Samaritan audience. When the disciples urge Jesus to eat, He speaks about having food they do not know about, clarifying that His sustenance comes from doing the will of God and completing His work. This spiritual sustenance theme resonates through His ministry.", "audio_path": "part_5.mp3"}, {"text": "The latter part of the chapter documents the broader impact of the woman\u2019s testimony, as many Samaritans believe in Jesus because of her word. They invite Jesus to stay with them, and following His two-day visit, many more believe, acknowledging Him as the \"Savior of the world.\"", "audio_path": "part_6.mp3"}, {"text": "Theologically, John 4 is rich with implications regarding the universality of Jesus's message and His role as the Messiah not just for the Jews but for all humanity. It breaks down racial, moral, and gender barriers, emphasizing that God\u2019s gift of salvation through Jesus is available to all, irrespective of their past or ethnicity. The Samaritan woman\u2019s transformation from a social outcast to a bearer of the Gospel mirrors the transformative power of encountering Christ. Jesus's teachings at the well advocate that true worship must transcend cultural and traditional boundaries, focusing solely on the spirit and truth of God's redemptive grace.", "audio_path": "part_7.mp3"}, {"text": "Overall, John 4 offers a vibrant portrait of Christ\u2019s ministry, emphasizing His role as the inclusive redeemer and the source of living water that quenches the deepest thirst of human souls\u2014a call to all to come and drink.", "audio_path": "part_8.mp3"}], "book_name": "john", "current_chapter": 4}