So John chapter 4 is where we're going to be in our Bible study this morning.

If you're new to Cornerstone, we are making our way through the whole Bible, and we're here

through the Gospel of John.

We just started it a few weeks ago, and so we're looking into chapter 4 today.

So John chapter 4.

I'm going to start reading at verse 1.

It's a little bit of a lengthy story, but I want you to see this precious conversation that Jesus has

with an unnamed woman in this story.

She's known as the woman at the well or the Samaritan woman.

And so it's John chapter 4.

I'm going to start reading in verse 1.

Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more

disciples than John, that's John the Baptist. Verse 2, though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his

disciples, okay? Note that. Jesus didn't baptize anybody. His disciples did the baptizing. Why is that important, by the way, side note,

because can you imagine if you had been baptized by Jesus and someone else was baptized by, say,

Andrew? Well, I was baptized by Jesus, you know, la-di-da. And so Jesus didn't baptize anybody. His disciples did.

Verse three, he left Judea and departed again to Galilee, but he needed to go through

Samaria.

And so he came to a city of Samaria, which is called Sycar, near the plot of ground

that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

Now, Jacob's well was there.

Jesus, therefore, being wearied from his journey, sat thus by the well.

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