Section XXI.

[1] 1405And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the [2] sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis.  1406And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal [3] him.  1407And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat [4] upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; 1408and looked [5] to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened.  1409And in that hour his ears [6] were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease.  1410And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man:  but the more [7] he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, 1411and [Arabic, p. 82] said, This man doeth everything well:  he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.

[8, 9] 1412And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, 1413he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to [10] his son.  1414And there was there a spring of water of Jacob’s.  And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring.  And the time was about the [11] sixth hour.1415  ¹⁴¹⁶And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto [12] her, Give me water, that I may drink.  1417And his disciples had entered into the city [13] to buy for themselves food.  1418And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman?  [14] 1419(And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.1420)  Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me [15] to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life.  1421That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep:  from [16] whence hast thou the water of life?  1422Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep?  [17] 1423Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst [18] again:  1424but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever:  but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing [19] up unto eternal life.  1425That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that [20] I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here.  1426Jesus said unto her, [21] [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call thy husband, and come hither.  1427She said unto him, I have no [22] husband.  1428Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:  five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and [23] in this thou saidst truly.  1429That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to [24] be a prophet.  1430Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem [25] is the place in which worship must be.  1431Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship [26] the Father.  1432Ye worship that which ye know not:  but we worship that which [27] we know:  for salvation is of the Jews.  1433But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth:  and the Father also [28] seeketh such as these worshippers.  1434For God is a Spirit:  and they that worship him [29] must worship him in spirit and in truth.  1435That woman said unto him, I know that [30] the Messiah cometh:  1436and when he is come, he will teach us everything.  Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

[31] 1437And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak1438 with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, [32] What1439 speakest thou with her?  1440And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the [33] city, and said to the people, 1441Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did:  [34] perhaps then he is the Messiah.  1442And people went out from the city, and came to [35] him.  1443And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our [36, 37] master, eat.  1444And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not.  1445And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?1446  [38] 1447Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish [39] [Arabic, p. 84] his work.  1448Said ye not that after four months cometh the harvest? behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, [40] that they have become white, and the harvest is already come.1449  1450And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;1451 and the sower and [41] the reaper rejoice together.  1452For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and [42] another reapeth.  1453And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured:  others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.

[43] 1454And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words [44] of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did.  1455And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he [45, 46] abode with them two days.  1456And many believed in him because of his word; 1457and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we believed in him:  we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world.

[47, 48] 1458And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee.