The text for this evening's message can be found in the Gospel of John, chapter 4 verses

1 to 26.

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

although Jesus himself did not baptize but only his disciples.

He left Judea and departed again for Galilee, and he had to pass through Samaria.

So he came to a town of Sameria called Saikar near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob's well was there.

So Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well.

It was about the sixth hour.

There came a woman of Samaria to draw water.

Jesus said to her, give me a drink, for his disciples had gone away

into the city to buy food.

Samaritan woman said to him,

How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me,

a woman of Samaria? For Jews have no dealings. ask for Jews

Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

Jesus answered her, if you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you give me a drink,

you would have asked him and he would have

given you living water. The woman said to him sir you have nothing to draw water

with and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our

Father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and

his livestock.

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