Sermons citing John 4:26–45

^4:28 Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

^4:29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

^4:30 So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

^4:31 Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

^4:32 But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

^4:33 So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

^4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

^4:35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

^4:36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

^4:37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

^4:38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

^4:39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

^4:40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

^4:41 And many more believed because of His message.

^4:42 They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

^4:43 After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

^4:44 Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

^4:45 Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.