1 And Jesus went out again from the border s of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the 2 sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal 3 him. And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat 4 upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; and looked 5 to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. And in that hour his ears 6 were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke with ease. And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man: but the more 7 he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, and [Arabic, p. 82] said, This man does everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.
8, 9 And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to 10 his son. And there was there a spring of water of Jacob's. And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the time was about the 11 sixth hour. And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto 12 her, Give me water, that I may drink. And his disciples had entered into the city 13 to buy for themselves food. And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How do you, being a Jew, ask me to give you to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? 14 (And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.) Jesus answered and said unto her, If you knew the gift of God, and who this is that said unto you, Give me 15 to drink; you would ask him, and he would give you the water of life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, you have no bucket, and the well is deep: from 16 whence have you the water of life? Can it be that you are greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? 17 Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinks of this water shall thirst 18 again: but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing 19 up unto eternal life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that 20 I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here. Jesus said unto her, 21 [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call your husband, and come hither. She said unto him, I have no 22 husband. Jesus said to her, You said well, I have no husband: five husbands have you had, and this man whom you have now is not your husband; and 23 in this you said truly. That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive you to 24 be a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say that in Jerusalem 25 is the place in which worship must be. Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall you worship 26 the Father. You worship that which you know not: but we worship that which 27 we know: for salvation is of the Jews. But an hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also 28 seeks such as these worshippers. For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him 29 must worship him in spirit and in truth. That woman said unto him, I know that 30 the Messiah comes: and when he has come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto you am he.
31 And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What do you seek? Or, 32 What do you speak with her? And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the 33 city, and said to the people, Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: 34 perhaps then he is the Messiah. And people went out from the city, and came to 35 him. And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our 36, 37 master, eat. And he said unto them, I have food to eat that you know not. And the disciples said among themselves, Can any one have brought him anything to eat? 38 Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish 39 [Arabic, p. 84] his work. Said ye not that after four months comes the harvest? Behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, 40 that they have become white, and the harvest is already come. And he that reaps receives his wages, and gathers the fruit of eternal life; and the sower and 41 the reaper rejoice together. For in this is found the word of truth, One sows, and 42 another reaps. And I sent you to reap that in which you have not laboured: others laboured, and you have entered on their labour.
43 And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words 44 of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did. And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he 45, 46 abode with them two days. And many believed in him because of his word; and they said to that woman, Now not because of your saying have we believed in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world.
47, 48 And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. And Jesus 49 testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.
Source: The Diatessaron (New Advent)