John 4:1-42, Acts 8:5-25 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

John 4:1-42

Jesus Goes to Galilee

Therefore when ^aJesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and ^bbaptizing more disciples than John 2 (although ^aJesus Himself was not baptizing, but His ^bdisciples were), 3 He left ^aJudea and went away ^bagain into Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through ^aSamaria. 5 So He *came to a city of ^aSamaria called Sychar, near ^bthe field that ^cJacob gave to his son Joseph; 6 and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about ¹the sixth hour.

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

7 A woman of Samaria *came to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His ^adisciples had gone away into ^bthe city to buy food. 9 Therefore the ^aSamaritan woman *said to Him, “How do You, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (For ^bJews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you ^aliving water.” 11 She *said to Him, “¹Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then do You get that ^aliving water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who ^agave us this well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him ^awill never thirst—ever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to ^beternal life.”
15 The woman *said to Him, “¹Sir, ^agive me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come back here to draw.” 16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come back here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “¹Sir, I see that You are ^aa prophet. 20 ^aOur fathers worshiped on ^bthis mountain, and you people say that ^cin Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, ^aan hour is coming when ^bneither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 ^aYou worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for ^bsalvation is from the Jews. 23 But ^aan hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father ^bin spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is ¹spirit, and those who worship Him must worship ^ain spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that ^aMessiah is coming (^bHe who is called ¹Christ); when He comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “^aI who speak to you am He.”
27 And at this point His ^adisciples came, and they were marveling that He was speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You speaking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar, and went into the city and *said to the men, 29 “Come, see a man ^awho told me all the things that I have done; ^bis this not the ¹Christ?” 30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “^aRabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the ^adisciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” 34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to ^ado the will of Him who sent Me and to ^bfinish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white ^afor harvest. 36 Even now he who reaps is receiving ^awages and is gathering ^bfruit for ^clife eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true, ‘^aOne sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 From ^athat city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, “^bHe told me all the things that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His word; 42 and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is truly ^athe Savior of the world.”

Acts 8:5-25

5 ^aNow Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began preaching ¹Christ to them. 6 And the crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was being said by Philip, as they heard and saw the ¹signs which he was doing. 7 For in the case of many who had ^aunclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been ^bparalyzed and lame were healed. 8 So there was ^agreat joy in that city.
9 Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing ^amagic in the city and astounding the people of Samaria, ^bclaiming to be someone great; 10 and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, “^aThis man is what is called the Great Power of God.” 11 And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astounded them with his ^amagic arts. 12 But when they believed Philip ^aproclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being ^bbaptized, both men and women. 13 Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed ^asigns and ^bgreat miracles taking place, he was constantly astounded.
14 Now when ^athe apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them ^bPeter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them ^athat they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had ^anot yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been ^bbaptized ¹in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they ^abegan laying their hands on them, and they were ^breceiving the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit had been bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you supposed you could ^aobtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have ^ano part or portion in this ¹matter, for your heart is not ^bright before God. 22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray earnestly to the Lord that, ^aif possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in ^athe ¹bondage of unrighteousness.” 24 But Simon answered and said, “^aPray earnestly to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

25 So, when they had solemnly ^aborne witness and spoken ^bthe word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^cproclaiming the gospel to many villages of the ^dSamaritans.