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Section XXI.

[1] ¹⁴⁷⁹

¹⁴⁷⁹ Mark vii. 31.
And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the [2] sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. ¹⁴⁸⁰

¹⁴⁸⁰ Mark vii. 32.
And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal [3] him. ¹⁴⁸¹

¹⁴⁸¹ Mark vii. 33.
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; ¹⁴⁸²

¹⁴⁸² Mark vii. 34.
and looked [5] to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. ¹⁴⁸³

¹⁴⁸³ Mark vii. 35.
And in that hour his ears [6] were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. ¹⁴⁸⁴

¹⁴⁸⁴ Mark vii. 36.
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, ¹⁴⁸⁵

¹⁴⁸⁵ Mark vii. 37.
and [Arabic, p. 82] said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.

[8, 9] ¹⁴⁸⁶

¹⁴⁸⁶ John iv. 4.
And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, ¹⁴⁸⁷

¹⁴⁸⁷ John iv. 5.
he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to [10] his son. ¹⁴⁸⁸

¹⁴⁸⁸ John iv. 6.
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.¹⁴⁸⁹

¹⁴⁸⁹ Lit. six hours (cf. Syr.).
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¹⁴⁹⁰ John iv. 7.}And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto [12] her, Give me water, that I may drink. ¹⁴⁹¹

¹⁴⁹¹ John iv. 8.
And his disciples had entered into the city [13] to buy for themselves food. ¹⁴⁹²

¹⁴⁹² John iv. 9.
And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? [14] ¹⁴⁹³

¹⁴⁹³ John iv. 10.
(And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.¹⁴⁹⁴

¹⁴⁹⁴ For the form cf. below, § 34, 40.
) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me [15] to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life. ¹⁴⁹⁵

¹⁴⁹⁵ John iv. 11.
That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from [16] whence hast thou the water of life? ¹⁴⁹⁶

¹⁴⁹⁶ John iv. 12.
Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? [17] ¹⁴⁹⁷

¹⁴⁹⁷ John iv. 13.
Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst [18] again: ¹⁴⁹⁸

¹⁴⁹⁸ John iv. 14.
but whosoever drinketh 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. ¹⁴⁹⁹

¹⁴⁹⁹ John iv. 15.
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. ¹⁵⁰⁰

¹⁵⁰⁰ John iv. 16.
Jesus said unto her, [21] [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call thy husband, and come hither. ¹⁵⁰¹

¹⁵⁰¹ John iv. 17.
She said unto him, I have no [22] husband. ¹⁵⁰²

¹⁵⁰² John iv. 18.
Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and [23] in this thou saidst truly. ¹⁵⁰³

¹⁵⁰³ John iv. 19.
That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to [24] be a prophet. ¹⁵⁰⁴

¹⁵⁰⁴ John iv. 20.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem [25] is the place in which worship must be. ¹⁵⁰⁵

¹⁵⁰⁵ John iv. 21.
Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship [26] the Father. ¹⁵⁰⁶

¹⁵⁰⁶ John iv. 22.
Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which [27] we know: for salvation is of the Jews. ¹⁵⁰⁷

¹⁵⁰⁷ John iv. 23.
But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also [28] seeketh such as these worshippers. ¹⁵⁰⁸

¹⁵⁰⁸ John iv. 24.
For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him [29] must worship him in spirit and in truth. ¹⁵⁰⁹

¹⁵⁰⁹ John iv. 25.
That woman said unto him, I know that [30] the Messiah cometh: ¹⁵¹⁰

¹⁵¹⁰ John iv. 26.
and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

[31] ¹⁵¹¹

¹⁵¹¹ John iv. 27.
And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak¹⁵¹²

¹⁵¹² Or, was speaking.
with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, [32] What¹⁵¹³

¹⁵¹³ But see note to § 7, 38.
speakest thou with her? ¹⁵¹⁴

¹⁵¹⁴ John iv. 28.
And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the [33] city, and said to the people, ¹⁵¹⁵

¹⁵¹⁵ John iv. 29.
Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: [34] perhaps then he is the Messiah. ¹⁵¹⁶

¹⁵¹⁶ John iv. 30.
And people went out from the city, and came to [35] him. ¹⁵¹⁷

¹⁵¹⁷ John iv. 31.
And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our [36, 37] master, eat. ¹⁵¹⁸

¹⁵¹⁸ John iv. 32.
And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. ¹⁵¹⁹

¹⁵¹⁹ John iv. 33.
And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?¹⁵²⁰

¹⁵²⁰ The text is uncertain.
[38] ¹⁵²¹

¹⁵²¹ John iv. 34.
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. ¹⁵²²

¹⁵²² John iv. 35.
Said ye not that after four months cometh 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.¹⁵²³

¹⁵²³ Or, come beforehand.
¹⁵²⁴

¹⁵²⁴ John iv. 36.
And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;¹⁵²⁵

¹⁵²⁵ So in the Arabic, contrary to the usual practice of this writer (cf. § 6, 19).
and the sower and [41] the reaper rejoice together. ¹⁵²⁶

¹⁵²⁶ John iv. 37.
For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and [42] another reapeth. ¹⁵²⁷

¹⁵²⁷ John iv. 38.
And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.

[43] ¹⁵²⁸

¹⁵²⁸ John iv. 39.
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. ¹⁵²⁹

¹⁵²⁹ John iv. 40.
And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he [45, 46] abode with them two days. ¹⁵³⁰

¹⁵³⁰ John iv. 41.
And many believed in him because of his word; ¹⁵³¹

¹⁵³¹ John iv. 42.
and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we believed in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviour of the world.

[47, 48] ¹⁵³²

¹⁵³² John iv. 43.
And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. ¹⁵³³

¹⁵³³ John iv. 44.
And Jesus [49] testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city. ¹⁵³⁴

¹⁵³⁴ John iv. 45a.
And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.
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