Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”Just then, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?
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… and life-changing truth let's go Grab your Bibles and go with me to John chapter 4 verses 27 through 34. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. John chapter 4 verses 27 through 34. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this passage of scripture, at this time in the text, Jesus has gone into Samaria. It's kind of a big deal. because Jesus as a Jew would have typically under standard sociocultural rules no dealings with the Samaritans. The Samaritans were considered half Jews. They worshipped at a different mountain. They were less than in the mindsets and mentalities of most Jews. And yet earlier in verse 4, Jesus says, I must go through Samaria. And the text tells us that when he gets to this well at Samaria, that he is wearied from the journey because Samaria was out of the way for where he was ultimately headed. But he had something to do in Samaria. So he goes to this well where he has an encounter with a woman at a strange hour. …
… what are you looking for? Or why are you talking with her? The woman left her water jar and went into town and said to the people, come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Christ? They went out of the town and came to him. Meanwhile, his disciples urged him, Rabbi, eat. But he said to them, I have food to eat of which you do not know. So the disciples said to one another, Could someone have brought him something to eat? Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to finish his work. Do you not say, In four months the harvest will be here? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest. The reaper is already receiving payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. For here is the saying is verified that one sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. …
… yet no one said, What do you seek? Or, Why are you talking with her? The woman then left her water pot, went her way into the city, said to the men, Come and see a man who told me all things that I ever did? Could this be the Christ? Then they went out to the city and came to him. And in the meantime, his disciples urged him, saying, Rabbi, eat. But he said, I have food to eat of which you do not know. So the disciples said to one another, has anyone brought him anything to eat? Jesus said to them, may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true, one sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap for that which you have not labored, others have labored, and now you have entered into their labors. Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, he told me all that I ever did. And so when the Samaritans had come to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days, and many more believed because of his own word. And then they said to the woman, now we believe not because of what you said, but we ourselves have heard him, and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world. …