Section XXI.
(1) [1479] And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the (2) sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. [1480] And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal (3) him. [1481] And 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; [1482] and looked (5) to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. [1483] And in that hour his ears (6) were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. [1484] And 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, [1485] and [Arabic, p. 82] said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.
(8, 9) [1486] And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, [1487] he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to (10) his son. [1488] And 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. [1489] ^ [1490] And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto (12) her, Give me water, that I may drink. [1491] And his disciples had entered into the city (13) to buy for themselves food. [1492] And 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) [1493] (And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans. [1494] ) 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. [1495] That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from (16) whence hast thou the water of life? [1496] Can 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) [1497] Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst (18) again: [1498] but 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. [1499] That 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. [1500] Jesus said unto her, (21) [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call thy husband, and come hither. [1501] She said unto him, I have no (22) husband. [1502] Jesus 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. [1503] That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to (24) be a prophet. [1504] Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem (25) is the place in which worship must be. [1505] Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship (26) the Father. [1506] Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which (27) we know: for salvation is of the Jews. [1507] But 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. [1508] For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him (29) must worship him in spirit and in truth. [1509] That woman said unto him, I know that (30) the Messiah cometh: [1510] and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
(31) [1511] And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak [1512] with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, (32) What [1513] speakest thou with her? [1514] And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the (33) city, and said to the people, [1515] Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: (34) perhaps then he is the Messiah. [1516] And people went out from the city, and came to (35) him. [1517] And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our (36, 37) master, eat. [1518] And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. [1519] And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat? [1520] (38) [1521] Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish (39) [Arabic, p. 84] his work. [1522] Said 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. [1523] [1524] And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life; [1525] and the sower and (41) the reaper rejoice together. [1526] For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and (42) another reapeth. [1527] And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.
(43) [1528] And 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. [1529] And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he (45, 46) abode with them two days. [1530] And many believed in him because of his word; [1531] and 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) [1532] And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. [1533] And Jesus (49) testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. [1534] And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.