| | King James Bible 2016 | King James Bible PCE |
| 4:1 | Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John | When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, |
| 4:2 | (though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples), | (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) |
| 4:3 | He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. | He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. |
| 4:4 | But He needed to go through Samaria. | And he must needs go through Samaria. |
| 4:5 | So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. | 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. |
| 4:6 | Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus on the well. Now it was about the sixth hour. | Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. |
| 4:7 | A woman of Samaria came there to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." | There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. |
| 4:8 | Because His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. | (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) |
| 4:9 | Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, that is a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. | 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. |
| 4:10 | 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 living water." | Jesus answered and said unto her, If 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. |
| 4:11 | The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? | 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? |
| 4:12 | Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his children and his livestock?" | Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? |
| 4:13 | Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again," | Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: |
| 4:14 | but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst. But the water that I will give him will be in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life." | 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. |
| 4:15 | The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." | The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. |
| 4:16 | Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." | Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. |
| 4:17 | The woman replied and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have said rightly, 'I have no husband,' | The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: |
| 4:18 | Because, you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly." | For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. |
| 4:19 | The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. | The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. |
| 4:20 | Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship." | Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. |
| 4:21 | Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father." | Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. |
| 4:22 | You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, because salvation is of the Jews." | Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. |
| 4:23 | But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; because the Father is seeking such to worship Him." | 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. |
| 4:24 | God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." | God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. |
| 4:25 | The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. When He comes, He will tell us all things." | The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. |
| 4:26 | Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He." | Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. |
| 4:27 | And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with the woman; yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why are You talking with her?" | 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? |
| 4:28 | The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, | The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, |
| 4:29 | "Come, see a Man who told me everything that I ever did. Is this not the Christ?" | Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? |
| 4:30 | Then they went out of the city and came to Him. | Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. |
| 4:31 | In the meantime His disciples urged Him, saying, "Teacher, eat." | In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. |
| 4:32 | But He said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know about." | But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. |
| 4:33 | Therefore the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?" | Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? |
| 4:34 | Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work." | Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. |
| 4:35 | Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, because they are already white for harvest!" | Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. |
| 4:36 | And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together." | And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. |
| 4:37 | Because in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'" | And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. |
| 4:38 | I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." | I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. |
| 4:39 | And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I ever did." | 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. |
| 4:40 | So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. | So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. |
| 4:41 | And many more believed because of His own word. | And many more believed because of his own word; |
| 4:42 | Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, but because we have heard Him ourselves and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world." | And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. |
| 4:43 | Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee. | Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. |
| 4:44 | Because, Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. | For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. |
| 4:45 | Then when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; because they also had gone to the feast. | 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. |
| 4:46 | So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water grape juice. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum. | 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. |
| 4:47 | When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, because he was at the point of death. | 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. |
| 4:48 | Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you all will not believe." | Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. |
| 4:49 | The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!" | The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. |
| 4:50 | Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son lives." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. | Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. |
| 4:51 | And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, "Your son lives!" | And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. |
| 4:52 | Then he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." | Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. |
| 4:53 | So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And he himself believed, and his entire household. | So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. |
| 4:54 | This again is the second miracle that Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee. | This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. |