John 4:1-10 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. And so, when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made more disciples and baptized more than John,

2. (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but only his disciples)

3. he left behind Judea, and he traveled again to Galilee.

4. Now he needed to cross through Samaria.

5. Therefore, he went into a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the estate which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6. And Jacob's well was there. And so Jesus, being tired from the journey, was sitting in a certain way on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7. A woman of Samaria arrived to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me to drink."

8. For his disciples had gone into the city in order to buy food.

9. And so, that Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, are requesting a drink from me, though I am a Samaritan woman?" For the Jews do not associate with the Samaritans.

10. Jesus responded and said to her: "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, 'Give me to drink,' perhaps you would have made a request of him, and he would have given you living water."

John 4