1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more followers than John,
2 although Jesus himself did not baptize people, but his followers did.
3 Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him, so he left Judea and went back to Galilee.
4 But on the way he had to go through the country of Samaria.
5 In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field 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 twelve o’clock noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, “Please give me a drink.”