Detestable Freemason Practices

       When you enter the land The Lord your GOD is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to The Lord, and because of these detestable practices The Lord your GOD will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before The Lord your GOD.

The Book of Deuteronomy: chapter 18, verses 9 - 13

Freemasonic Rituals Forbidden

       The Lord said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: 'This is what The Lord has commanded: Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox, a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside of it instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to The Lord in front of the tabernacle of The Lord--that man shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; he has shed blood and must be cut off from his people. This is so the Israelites will bring to The Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to The Lord, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings. The priest is to sprinkle the blood against the altar of The Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to The Lord. They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.'
       "Say to them: 'Any Israelite or any alien living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice and does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to The Lord--that man must be cut off from his people.
       " 'Any Israelite or any alien living among them who eats any blood--I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people. For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life. Therefore I say to the Israelites, "None of you may eat blood, nor may an alien among you eat blood."
       " 'Any Israelite or any alien living among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth, because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, "You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off."
       " 'Anyone, whether native-born or alien, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then he will be clean. But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will be held responsible.' "

The Book of Leviticus: chapter 17, verses 1 - 16

Freemasonry Forbidden

       Then The Lord said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites this: 'You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.: Do not make any gods to be alongside Me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold.
       " 'Make an altar of earth for Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause My name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. If you make an altar of stones for Me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a tool on it. And do not go up to my altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.' "


The Book of Exodus: chapter 20, verses 22 - 26

The Origins of Freemasonry

       Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.
       They said to each other, "Come, lets make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
       But The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The Lord said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let Us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
       So The Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel--because there The Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there The Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.


The Book of Genesis: chapter 11, verses 1 - 9

Freemasonry Revealed

       One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."
       Then the angel carried me away in The Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries.
This title was written on her forehead:

                                   MYSTERY
                     BABYLON THE GREAT
              THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
       AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.
       When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. Then the angel said to me: "Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns. The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come.
       "This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while. The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
       "The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast. They will make war against The Lamb, but The Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with Him will be His called, chosen and faithful followers."
       Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For GOD has put it into their hearts to accomplish His purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until GOD's words are fulfilled. The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."


The Book of Revelation: chapter 17

The Fall of Freemasonry

       After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. With a mighty voice he shouted:

       "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
          She has become a home for demons
       and a haunt for every evil spirit,
          a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
       For all the nations have drunk
          the maddening wine of her adulteries.
       The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
          and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her
              excessive luxuries."

Then I heard another voice from heaven say:

       "Come out of her, My people,
          so that you will not share in her sins,
          so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
       for her sins are piled up to heaven,
          and GOD has remembered her crimes.
       Give back to her as she has given;
          pay her back double for what she has done.
          Mix her a double portion from her own cup.
       Give her as much torture and grief
          as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
       In her heart she boasts,
          'I sit as queen; I am not a widow,
              and I will never mourn.'
       Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
          death, mourning and famine.
       She will be consumed by fire,
          for mighty is The Lord GOD who judges her.

       "When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:

       " 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
          O Babylon, city of power!
       In one hour your doom has come!'

       "The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more--cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.
       "They will say, 'The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your riches and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.' The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn and will cry out:

       " 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
          dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
          and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!
       In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin.'

       "Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, 'Was there ever a city like this great city?' They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:

       " 'Woe! Woe, O great city,
          where all who had ships on the sea
          became rich through her wealth!
       In one hour she has been brought to ruin!
       Rejoice over her, O heaven!
          Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!
       GOD has judged her for the way she treated you.' "

       Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:

       "With such violence
          the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,
          never to be found again.
       The music of harpist and musicians, flute players and trumpeters,
          will never be heard in you again.
       No workman of any trade
          will ever be found in you again.
       The sound of a millstone
          will never be heard in you again.
       The light of a lamp
          will never shine in you again.
       The voice of bridegroom and bride
          will never be heard in you again.
       Your merchants were the world's great men.
          By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.
       In her was found the blood of prophets and of the saints,
          and of all who have been killed on the earth."


The Book of Revelation: chapter 18

Two Adulterous Sisters

       The word of The Lord came to me: "Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother. They became prostitutes in Egypt, engaging in prostitution from their youth. In that land their breasts were fondled and their virgin bosoms caressed. The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
       "Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was still Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians--warriors clothed in blue, governers and commanders, all of them handsome young men, and mounted horsemen. She gave herself as a prostitute to all the elite of the Assyrians and defiled herself with all the idols of everyone she lusted after. She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when during her youth men slept with her, caressed her virgin bosom and poured out their lust upon her.
       "Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians, for whom she lusted. They stripped her naked, took away her sons and daughters and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and punishment was inflicted on her.
       "Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister. She too lusted after the Assyrians--governors and commanders, warriors in full dress, mounted horsemen, all handsome young men. I saw that she too defiled herself; both of them went the same way.
       "But she carried her prostitution still further. She saw men portrayed on a wall, figures of Chaldeans portrayed in red, with belts around their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like Babylonian chariot officers, natives of Chaldea. As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their lust they defiled her. After she had been defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. When she carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breast fondled.
       "Therefore, Oholibah, this is what The Sovereign Lord says: I will stir up your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side--the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, all of them governors and commanders, chariot officers and men of high rank, all mounted on horses. They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a throng of people; they will take up positions against you on every side with large and small shields and with helmets. I will turn you over to them for punishment, and they will punish you according to their standards. I will direct My jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire. They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry. So I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you began in Egypt. You will not look on these things with longing or remember Egypt anymore.
       "For this is what The Sovereign Lord says: I Am about to hand you over to those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you naked and bare, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity have brought this upon you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.
       "This is what The Sovereign Lord says:

       "You will drink your sister's cup,
          a cup large and deep;
       it will bring scorn and derision,
          for it holds so much.
       You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
          the cup of ruin and desolation,
          the cup of your sister Samaria.
       You will drink it and drain it dry;
          you will dash it to pieces
          and tear your breasts.

I have spoken, declares The Sovereign Lord.

       "Therefore this is what The Sovereign Lord says: Since you have forgotten Me and thrust Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution."
       The Lord said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices, for they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, as food for them. They have also done this to Me: At that same time they defiled My sancturary and desecrated My Sabbaths. On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered My sancturary and desecrated it. That is what they did in My house.
       "They even sent messengers for men who came from far away, and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, painted your eyes and put on your jewelry. You sat on an elegant couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed the incense and oil that belonged to Me.
       "The noise of a care free crowd was around her; Sabeans were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put braclets on the arms of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads. Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, 'Now let them use her as a prostitute, for that is all she is.' And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah. But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood, because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.
       "This is what The Sovereign Lord says: Bring a mob against them and give them over to terror and plunder. The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
       "So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not imitate you. You will suffer the penalty for your lewdness and bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I Am The Sovereign Lord."


The Prophet Ezekiel: chapter 23

Early Kings of Judah

                                                 Rehoboam King of Judah
       Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city The Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put His name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
       Judah did evil in the eyes of The Lord. By the sins they committed they stirred up His jealous anger more than their fathers had done. They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations The Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
       In the fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. He carried off the treasures of the temple of The Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made. So king Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the king went to The Lord's temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
       As for the other events of Rehoboam's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.

                                                 Abijah King of Judah
       In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
       He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to The Lord his GOD, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Nevertheless, for David's sake The Lord his GOD gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. For David had done what was right in the eyes of The Lord and had not failed to keep any of The Lord's commands all the days of his life--except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
       There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout Abijah's lifetime. As for the other events of Abijah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. And Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.

                                                 Asa King of Judah
       In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
       Asa did what was right in the eyes of The Lord, as his father David had done. He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made. He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position of queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole. Asa cut the pole down and burned it in the Kidron Valley. Although he did not remove the high places, Asa's heart was fully committed to The Lord all his life. He brought into the temple of The Lord the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
       There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns. Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
       Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of The Lord's temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus. "Let there be a treaty between me and you," he said, "as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me."
       Ben-Hadad agreed with king Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali. When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah. Then king Asa issued an order to all Judah--no one was exempt--and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them king Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.
       As for all the other events of Asa's reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased. Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.


The Book of 1st Kings: chapter 14, verses 21 - 31 & chapter 15, verses 1 - 24

Kings of Israel

                                                 Nadab King of Israel
       Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. He did evil in the eyes of The Lord, walking in the ways of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
       Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it. Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
       As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of The Lord given through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite--because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he provoked The Lord, The GOD of Israel, to anger.
       As for the other events of Nadab's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.

                                                 Baasha King of Israel
       In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years. He did evil in the eyes of The Lord, walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit. Then the word of The Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha: "I lifted you up from the dust and made you leader of My people Israel, but you walked in the ways of Jeroboam and caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins. So I Am about to consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat. Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country."
       As for the other events of Baasha's reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.
       Moreover, the word of The Lord came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of The Lord, provoking Him to anger by the things he did, and becoming like the house of Jeroboam--and also because he destroyed it.

                                                 Elah King of Israel
       In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
       Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the man in charge of the palace at Tirzah. Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.
       As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha's whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of The Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu--because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they provoked The Lord, The GOD of Israel, to anger by their worthless idols.
       As for the other events of Elah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

                                                 Zimri King of Israel
       In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town. When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp. Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah. When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died, because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of The Lord and walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
       As for the other events of Zimri's reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

                                                 Omri King of Israel
       Then the people of Israel were split into two factions; half supported Tibni son of Ginath for king, and the other half supported Omri. But Omri's followers proved stronger than those of Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri became king.
       In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah. He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.
       But Omri did evil in the eyes of The Lord and sinned more than all those before him. He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit, so that they provoked The Lord, The GOD of Israel, to anger by their worthless idols.
       As for the other events of Omri's reign, what he did and the things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as king.


The Book of 1st Kings: chapter 15, verses 25 - 34 & chapter 16, verses 1 - 28

Jesus Christ in Samaria

       The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples. When The Lord learned of this, He left Judea and went back once more to Galilee.
       Now He had to go through Samaria. So He came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as He was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
       When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give Me a drink?" (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
       The Samaritan woman said to Him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
       Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of GOD and who it was that asks you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water."
       "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?"
       Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
       The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water."
       He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back."
       "I have no husband," she replied.
       Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true."
       "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."
       Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship The Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship The Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers The Father seeks. GOD is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
       The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us."
       Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you Am He."

       Just then His disciples returned and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do You want?" or "Why are You talking with her?"
       Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, "Come, see a Man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be The Christ?" They came out of the town and made their way toward Him.
       Meanwhile His disciples urged Him, "Rabbi, eat something."
       But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."
       Then His disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought Him food?"
       "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvest the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor."

       Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to Him, they urged Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days. And because of His words many more became believers.
       They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this Man really is The Savior of the world."


The Gospel of John: chapter 4, verses 1 - 42