The woman said to him ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, or have to come here to draw water.’
He said to her ‘Go and call your husband and come back here.’ She replied : ‘I haven’t got a husband.’ Jesus said to her ‘That’s right, you said “I haven’t got a husband.” You have had five husbands and you are not married to the man you have now. What you have said is quite right’.
The woman said to him: ‘I see that you are like a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain and yet you (Jews) say the place to worship must be in Jerusalem.’
Jesus replied: ‘Believe me lady, because the hour is coming, when neither here nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You,( Samaritans) worship someone you don’t know. We worship someone we do know, because salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming- and now has arrived- when true worshippers will worship the Father in the spirit and truth. For indeed the Father seeks people like that as worshippers. God is spirit and those who worship him must worship in the spirit and truth.
The woman said to him ‘ I know that Messiah is coming, (the one called Christ). When he comes he will tell us everything.’ Jesus said to her ‘I am the one, the one speaking to you.’
O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
(unknown)