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because
there were many pools of water there; and people came and received

baptism. 003:024 (For John was not yet in prison.) 003:025 As the
result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a
Jew about purification, 003:026 they came to John and reported to him,
"Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to
whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of
people are resorting to him." 003:027 "A man cannot obtain anything,"
replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven. 003:028
You yourselves can bear witness to my having said, `I am not the
Christ,' but `I am His appointed forerunner.' 003:029 He who has the
bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his
side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's
happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 003:030 He
must grow greater, but I must grow less. 003:031 He who comes from
above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only
himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who
comes from Heaven is above all. 003:032 What He has seen and heard,
to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives. 003:033
Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that
God is true. 003:034 For He whom God has sent speaks God's words;
for God does not give the Spirit with limitations." 003:035 The Father
loves the Son and has entrusted everything to His hands. 003:036 He
who believes in the Son has the Life of the Ages; he who disobeys the
Son will not enter into Life, but God's anger remains upon him.
004:001 Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had
heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than
John"-- 004:002 though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His
disciples did-- 004:003 He left Judaea and returned to Galilee. 004:004
His road lay through Samaria, 004:005 and so He came to Sychar, a
town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph. 004:006 Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired
out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six
o'clock in the evening. 004:007 Presently there came a woman of
Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
004:008 for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
004:009 "How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me,
who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no
dealings with Samaritans.) 004:010 "If you had known God's free gift,"

replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, `Give me some water,'
you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living
water." 004:011 "Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and
the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from? 004:012
Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and
himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?" 004:013
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty
again; 004:014 but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give
him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will
become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the
Ages." 004:015 "Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may
never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the
well." 004:016 "Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come
back." 004:017 "I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that
you have no husband," said Jesus; 004:018 "for you have had five
husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You
have spoken the truth in saying that." 004:019 "Sir," replied the woman,
"I see that you are a Prophet. 004:020 Our forefathers worshipped on
this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must
worship is in Jerusalem." 004:021 "Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is
coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor
in Jerusalem. 004:022 You worship One of whom you know nothing.
We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
004:023 But a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true
worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for
indeed the Father desires such worshippers. 004:024 God is Spirit; and
those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."