9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"
13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." John 4:9-15(NKJV)
Comments:
Verse 9 begins with the woman responding back to Jesus with shock that He (a Jew) would speak to her (a Samaritan). Jesus answers her saying that He is the source of "living water" and if she knew Him she would have asked for it. Isn't that still true today; if people knew who Jesus is and what He has to offer then they would be asking for it. That's why it is so important for those of us who know to go and tell.
The woman, however, doesn't get it. She can't get past her earthly desires; she can only see what her heart will allow her to see. So Jesus begins by explaining to her her need for a new kind of "water," a "water" that is eternal and a "water" that will provide everlasting life. The woman still looks at the situation through earthy eyes and can only see what will be good for her now.
Tomorrow we will see what Jesus has to do to her so she can understand the full meaning of what He is saying.
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