“Eventually, He (Jesus) came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph. Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. Soon a Samaritan woman cam to dray water. He was alone at the time because His disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.
The woman was surprised, for Jews refused to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, ” You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Wy are you asking me for a drink?”
Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water. ”
“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket, she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water? And besides, do you think that you are greater than our ancestor, Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?”
Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. If becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”
“Please, sir,” the woman said, “give me this water! Then I will never be thirsty again, and I won’t have to come here to get water.”
“Go and get your husband, ” Jesus told her.
“I don’t have a husband,” the woman said.
Jesus said, “You’re right! You don’t have a husband – for you have had five husbands, and you aren’t even married to the man you’re living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!”
“Sir”, the woman said, “you must be a prophet. So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is her at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?”
Jesus replied, “Believe Me, dear woman, the time is coming when It will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. You Samaritans know very little about the One you worship, while we Jews know all about Him, so salvation comes through the Jews. But the tie is coming-indeed, it is here now- when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship Him in that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship and in truth.”
The woman said, “I know the Messiah is coming -the one called Christ. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
The Jesus told her, “I Am the Messiah!” (vv. 4-26, NLT)