Thematic Bible




John 4:1 (show verse)

AS soon then as the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptised more disciples than John

John 4:2 (show verse)

(though Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples),

John 4:3 (show verse)

he left Judea, and went again into Galilee.

John 4:4 (show verse)

Now he must necessarily pass through Samaria.

John 4:5 (show verse)

Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sichar, near the spot of ground which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

John 4:6 (show verse)

And Jacob's well was there. Therefore Jesus, weary with his journey, e'en sat himself down on the well: it was about the sixth hour.

John 4:7 (show verse)

A woman of Samaria comes to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.

John 4:8 (show verse)

(For his disciples were gone into the city to buy provisions.)

John 4:9 (show verse)

The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.

John 4:10 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who he is that speaketh to thee, thou wouldest have requested him, and he would have given thee life-giving water.

John 4:11 (show verse)

The woman saith unto him, Thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: whence then canst thou have this water that giveth life?

John 4:12 (show verse)

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?

John 4:13 (show verse)

Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one who drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

John 4:14 (show verse)

but whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him, he shall no more thirst to eternity; but the water which I will give him, shall be in him a fountain of water springing up to life eternal.

John 4:15 (show verse)

The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may no more thirst, nor come hither to draw.

John 4:16 (show verse)

Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

John 4:17 (show verse)

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus saith to her, Thou hast spoken right, that thou hast no husband:

John 4:18 (show verse)

for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in this thou hast spoken true.

John 4:19 (show verse)

The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

John 4:20 (show verse)

Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye affirm, That the place where we ought to worship is at Jerusalem.

John 4:21 (show verse)

Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour approaches, when ye shall worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem.

John 4:22 (show verse)

Ye worship ye know not what: we worship what we do know: for salvation cometh from the Jews.

John 4:23 (show verse)

But the hour is coming, yea, is now come, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshippers of him.

John 4:24 (show verse)

God is a Spirit: and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.

John 4:25 (show verse)

The woman saith, I know that Messiah is coming (who is called Christ): when he cometh, he will inform us of all things.

John 4:26 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto her, I that am speaking to thee am he.

John 4:27 (show verse)

And upon this came his disciples, and wondered that he talked with the woman: yet no one said, What art thou seeking? or, Why art thou talking with her?

John 4:28 (show verse)

Then the woman left her pitcher, and went into the city, and said to the men,

John 4:29 (show verse)

Come with me; behold a man, who told me all things that I ever did: is not this the Messiah?

John 4:30 (show verse)

Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

John 4:31 (show verse)

In the mean time his disciples invited him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

John 4:32 (show verse)

But he said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

John 4:33 (show verse)

Then said his disciples to each other, Hath any person brought him ought to eat?

John 4:34 (show verse)

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

John 4:35 (show verse)

Do ye not say, That yet there are four months, and then the harvest cometh? behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look upon the fields; for they are now white for harvest.

John 4:36 (show verse)

And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Awakenings and religious reforms » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
religious Awakenings » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -Christ at samaria
Converts » Instances of » The samaritans
Deathless » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Everlasting » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Fruits » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
God's Promises » Of reward for spiritual service » The benevolent
Harvest » Spiritual, general references to
Jesus Christ » History of » Visits sychar and teaches the samaritan woman
Joy » Great joy, occasions of » In service
Joy » Soul-winners' » The sower and the reaper rejoice together
spiritual Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
Life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Eternal life » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Reaping » Spiritual harvest
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Received wages
Reward » For spiritual service » The benevolent
Samaria » Country of » Jesus travels through
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Joy in, found by the faithful
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Jesus visits; disciples made in
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Harvest, spiritual, general references to
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
Spiritual » Labourers » Great opportunity afforded to
the future » The rewards of the faithful for spiritual service » The benevolent
religious Work » Examples of » Joy in

John 4:37 (show verse)

For herein is the saying true, That one soweth and another reapeth.

John 4:38 (show verse)

I have sent you to reap that on which ye have bestowed no labour: others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labour.

John 4:39 (show verse)

Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, on the report of the woman, who said, That he told me all things I ever had done.

John 4:40 (show verse)

So on this the Samaritans came to him, and besought him to abide with them: and he tarried there two days.

John 4:41 (show verse)

And many more believed because of his own word;

John 4:42 (show verse)

and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.

John 4:43 (show verse)

Then after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

John 4:44 (show verse)

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

John 4:45 (show verse)

When therefore he was come into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all the things which he did at the feast: for they also had gone to the feast.

John 4:46 (show verse)

Then came Jesus again to Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain attendant on the king, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

John 4:47 (show verse)

This person having heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went to him, that he might come down, and cure his son: for he was at the point of death.

John 4:48 (show verse)

Then said Jesus unto him, Unless ye see miracles and wonders, ye will not believe.

John 4:49 (show verse)

The courtier said to him, Sir, come down before my child is dead.

John 4:50 (show verse)

Jesus saith to him, Go home; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus had spoken, and went home.

John 4:51 (show verse)

And as he was now going down home, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son is recovered!

John 4:52 (show verse)

Then inquired he of them the hour at which he began to amend? and they told him, It was yesterday, at the seventh hour, when the fever left him.

John 4:53 (show verse)

Then the father knew that it was the very hour when Jesus said, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole family.

John 4:54 (show verse)

This is again a second miracle which Jesus did, when he came from Judea into Galilee.