1 Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard the report that he was making and baptizing more followers than John.
2 (But really, Jesus himself did not baptize anyone; his followers baptized people for him.)
3 So he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
4 On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria.
5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon.