First Reading

Exodus 20:1-17 (Year B) (JB)

A reading from the book of Exodus

The Law was given through Moses.

The Lord spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the house of slavery.

‘You shall have no gods except me.

‘You shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven or earth beneath or in the waters under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them.  For I, the Lord your God am a jealous God and I punish the father’s fault in the sons, the grandsons, and the great-grandsons of those who hate me; but I show kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

‘You shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it.

‘Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.  For six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath for the Lord your God.  You shall do no work on that day, neither you nor your animals nor the stranger who lives with you.  For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that these hold, but on the seventh day he rested; that is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it sacred.

‘Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you.

‘You shall not kill.

‘You shall not commit adultery.

‘You shall not steal.

‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house.  You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his.’

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Exodus 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 (Year B) (JB)

A reading from the book of Exodus

The Law was given through Moses.

God spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

‘You shall have no gods except me.

‘You shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it.

‘Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.

‘Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you.

‘You shall not kill.

‘You shall not commit adultery.

‘You shall not steal.

‘You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house.

‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his.’

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Exodus 20:1-17 (Year B) (NRSV)

A reading from the book of Exodus

God spoke all these words:

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of slavery;

you shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make for yourself an idol,

whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above,

or that is on the earth beneath,

or that is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow down to them or worship them;

for I the Lord your God am a jealous God,

punishing children for the iniquity of parents,

to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,

but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation

of those who love me and keep my commandments.

You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God,

for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.

Six days you shall labour and do all your work.

But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God;

you shall not do any work – you, your son or your daughter,

your male or female slave, your livestock,

or the alien resident in your towns.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,

the sea, and all that is in them,

but rested the seventh day;

therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.

Honour your father and your mother,

so that your days may be long in the land

that the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

You shall not covet your neighbour’s house;

you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife,

or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey,

or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Exodus 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17 ( Year B) (NRSV)

A reading from the book of Exodus

God spoke all these words:

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of slavery;

you shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God,

for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.

Honour your father and your mother,

so that your days may be long in the land

that the Lord your God is giving you.

You shall not murder.

You shall not commit adultery.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

You shall not covet your neighbour’s house;

you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife,

or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey,

or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Exodus 17:3-7 (Year A) (JB)

A reading from the book of Exodus

Give us water to drink.

Tormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cattle?’ Moses appealed to the Lord. ‘How am I to deal with this people?’ he said. ‘A little more and they will stone me!’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take with you some of the elders of Israel and move on to the forefront of the people; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the river, and go. I shall be standing before you there on the rock, at Horeb. You must strike the rock, and water will flow from it for the people to drink.’ This is what Moses did, in the sight of the elders of Israel. The place was named Massah and Meribah because of the grumbling of the sons of Israel and because they put the Lord to the test by saying, ‘Is the Lord with us, or not?’

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Exodus 17:3-7 (Year A) (NRSV)

A reading from the book of Exodus

In the wilderness the people thirsted for water;

and the people complained against Moses and said,

“Why did you bring us out of Egypt,

to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?”

So Moses cried out to the Lord,

“What shall I do with this people?

They are almost ready to stone me.”

The Lord said to Moses

“Go on ahead of the people,

and take some of the elders of Israel with you;

take in your hand the staff

with which you struck the Nile, and go.

I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb.

Strike the rock, and water will come out of it,

so that the people may drink.”

Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

He called the place Massah and Meribah,

because the Israelites quarrelled and tested the Lord,

saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 18:8-11 (Year B) (JB)

R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.

The law of the Lord is perfect,

it revives the soul.

The rule of the Lord is to be trusted,

it gives wisdom to the simple. R.

The precepts of the Lord are right,

they gladden the heart.

The command of the Lord is clear,

it gives light to the eyes. R.

The fear of the Lord is holy,

abiding for ever.

The decrees of the Lord are truth

and all of them just. R.

They are more to be desired than gold,

than the purest of gold

and sweeter are they than honey,

than honey from the comb. R.

Ps 94:1-2, 6-9 ( Year A) (JB)

R. If today you hear his voice,

harden not your hearts.

Come, ring out our joy to the Lord;

hail the rock who saves us.

Let us come before him, giving thanks,

with songs let us hail the Lord. R.

Come in; let us bow and bend low;

let us kneel before the God who made us

for he is our God and we

the people who belong to his pasture,

the flock that is led by his hand. R.

O that today you would listen to his voice!

‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,

as on that day at Massah in the desert

when your fathers put me to the test;

when they tried me, though they saw my work.’ R.

Second Reading

1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (Year B) (JB)

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians

We are preaching a crucified Christ, a scandal to many, but to those who have been called, the wisdom of God.

While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (Year B) (NRSV)

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians

The message about the cross

is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom,

but we proclaim Christ crucified,

a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks,

Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom,

and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (Year A) (JB)

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans

The love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. This hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (Year A) (NRSV)

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans

Since we are justified by faith,

we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom we have obtained access

to this grace in which we stand;

and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

And hope does not disappoint us,

because God’s love has been poured into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

For while we were still weak,

at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person,

though perhaps for a good person

someone might actually dare to die.

But God proves his love for us

in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation

John 3:16 (Year B) (JB)

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son,

that all who believe in him might have eternal life.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

John 3:16 (Year B) (NRSV)

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son,

that all who believe in him might have eternal life.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

cf John 4:42, 15 (Year A) (JB)

Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Lord, you are truly the Saviour of the world;

give me living water, that I may never thirst again.

Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

cf John 4:42, 15 (Year A) (NRSV)

Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Lord, you are truly the Saviour of the world;

give me living water, that I may never thirst again.

Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel

John 2:13-25 (Year B) (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.

Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money changers’ coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father’s house into a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.

During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 2:13-25 (Year B) (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to John

The Passover of the Jews was near,

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves,

and the money changers seated at their tables.

Making a whip of cords,

he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle.

He also poured out the coins of the money changers

and overturned their tables.

He told those who were selling the doves,

“Take these things out of here!

Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

His disciples remembered that it was written,

“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

The people then said to him,

“What sign can you show us for doing this?”

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple,

and in three days I will raise it up.”

They then said,

“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,

and will you raise it up in three days?”

But Jesus was speaking of the temple of his body.

After he was raised from the dead,

his disciples remembered that he had said this;

and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival,

many believed in his name

because they saw the signs that he was doing.

But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them,

because he knew all people

and needed no one to testify about anyone;

for he himself knew what was in everyone.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 4:5-15, 19-26, 39-42 (Year A) (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

The water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life.

Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘What? You are a Jew and you ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?’ – Jews, in fact, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied:

‘If you only knew what God is offering

and who it is that is saying to you:

Give me a drink,

you would have been the one to ask,

and he would have given you living water.’

‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered ‘and the well is deep: how could you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:

‘Whoever drinks this water

will get thirsty again;

but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give

will never be thirsty again:

the water that I shall give

will turn into a spring inside him, welling up to eternal life.’

‘Sir,’ said the woman ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never get thirsty and never have to come here again to draw water. I see you are a prophet, sir. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, while you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said:

‘Believe me, woman, the hour is coming

when you will worship the Father

neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

You worship what you do not know;

we worship what we do know;

for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the hour will come – in fact it is here already –

when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth:

that is the kind of worshipper

the Father wants.

God is spirit,

and those who worship

must worship in spirit and truth.’

The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah – that is, Christ – is coming; and when he comes he will tell us everything.’ ‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus ‘I am he.’

Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman’s testimony when she said, ‘He told me all I have ever done’, so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we no longer believe because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 4:5-42 (Year A) (JB)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

The water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life.

Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘What? You are a Jew and you ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?’ – Jews, in fact, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied:

‘If you only knew what God is offering

and who it is that is saying to you:

Give me a drink,

you would have been the one to ask,

and he would have given you living water.’

‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered ‘and the well is deep: how could you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:

‘Whoever drinks this water

will get thirsty again;

but anyone who drinks the water that I shall give

will never be thirsty again:

the water that I shall give

will turn into a spring inside him, welling up to eternal life.’

‘Sir,’ said the woman ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never get thirsty and never have to come here again to draw water.’ ‘Go and call your husband’ said Jesus to her ‘and come back here.’ The woman answered, ‘I have no husband.’ He said to her. ‘You are right to say, “I have no husband”; for although you have had five, the one you have now is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.’ ‘I see you are a prophet, sir’ said the woman. ‘Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, while you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said:

‘Believe me, woman, the hour is coming

when you will worship the Father

neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

You worship what you do not know;

we worship what we do know;

for salvation comes from the Jews.

But the hour will come – in fact it is here already –

when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth:

that is the kind of worshipper

the Father wants.

God is spirit,

and those who worship

must worship in spirit and truth.’

The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah – that is, Christ – is coming; and when he comes he will tell us everything.’ ‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus ‘I am he.’

At this point his disciples returned, and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, ‘What do you want from her?’ or, ‘Why are you talking to her?’ The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people, ‘Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did; I wonder if he is the Christ?’ This brought people out of the town and they started walking towards him.

Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, do have something to eat’; but he said, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples asked one another, ‘Has someone been bringing him food?’ But Jesus said:

‘My food

is to do the will of the one who sent me,

and to complete his work.

Have you not got a saying:

Four months and then the harvest?

Well, I tell you:

Look around you, look at the fields;

already they are white, ready for harvest!

Already the reaper is being paid his wages,

already he is bringing in the grain for eternal life,

and thus sower and reaper rejoice together.

For here the proverb holds good:

one sows, another reaps;

I sent you to reap

a harvest you had not worked for.

Others worked for it;

and you have come into the rewards of their trouble.’

Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman’s testimony when she said, ‘He told me all I have ever done’, so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we no longer believe because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 4:5-15, 19-26, 39-42 (Year A) (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to John

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar,

near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob’s well was there,

and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well.

It was about noon.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water,

and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him,

“How is it that you, a Jew,

ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?”

(Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered her,

“If you knew the gift of God,

and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’

you would have asked him,

and he would have given you living water.”

The woman said to him,

“Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep.

Where do you get that living water?

Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well,

and with his children and his flocks drank from it?”

Jesus said to her,

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,

but those who drink of the water that I will give them

will never be thirsty.

The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water

gushing up to eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water,

so that I may never be thirsty

or have to keep coming here to draw water.

Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain,

but you say that the place where people must worship

is in Jerusalem.”

Jesus said to her,

“Woman, believe me, the hour is coming

when you will worship the Father

neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

You worship what you do not know;

we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.

But the hour is coming, and is now here,

when the true worshippers will worship the Father

in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.

God is spirit,

and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming”

(who is called the Christ).

“When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.”

Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”

Many Samaritans from that city believed in Jesus

because of the woman’s testimony,

“He told me everything I have ever done.”

So when the Samaritans came to him,

they asked him to stay with them;

and he stayed there two days.

And many more believed because of his word.

They said to the woman,

“It is no longer because of what you said that we believe,

for we have heard for ourselves,

and we know that this is truly the Saviour of the world.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 4:5-42 (Year A) (NRSV)

A reading from the holy gospel according to John

Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar,

near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Jacob’s well was there,

and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well.

It was about noon.

A Samaritan woman came to draw water,

and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

(His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him,

“How is it that you, a Jew,

ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?”

(Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.)

Jesus answered her,

“If you knew the gift of God,

and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’

you would have asked him,

and he would have given you living water.”

The woman said to him,

“Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep.

Where do you get that living water?

Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well,

and with his children and his flocks drank from it?”

Jesus said to her,

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,

but those who drink of the water that I will give them

will never be thirsty.

The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water

gushing up to eternal life.”

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water,

so that I may never be thirsty

or have to keep coming here to draw water.”

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.”

The woman answered him, “I have no husband.”

Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;

for you have had five husbands,

and the one you have now is not your husband.

What you have said is true!”

The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain,

but you say that the place where people must worship

is in Jerusalem.”

Jesus said to her,

“Woman, believe me, the hour is coming

when you will worship the Father

neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

You worship what you do not know;

we worship what we know,

for salvation is from the Jews.

But the hour is coming, and is now here,

when the true worshippers will worship the Father

in spirit and truth,

for the Father seeks such as these to worship him.

God is spirit,

and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming”

(who is called the Christ).

“When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.”

Jesus said to her, “I am he,

the one who is speaking to you.”

Just then his disciples came.

They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman,

but no one said, “What do you want?”

or, “Why are you speaking with her?”

Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city.

She said to the people,

“Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done!

He cannot be the Messiah, can he?”

They left the city and were on their way to him.

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him,

“Rabbi, eat something.”

But he said to them,

“I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

So the disciples said to one another,

“Surely no one has brought him something to eat?”

Jesus said to them,

“My food is to do the will of him who sent me

and to complete his work.

Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’?

But I tell you, look around you,

and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting.

The reaper is already receiving wages

and is gathering fruit for eternal life,

so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

I sent you to reap that for which you did not labour.

Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.”

Many Samaritans from that city believed in Jesus

because of the woman’s testimony,

“He told me everything I have ever done.”

So when the Samaritans came to him,

they asked him to stay with them;

and he stayed there two days.

And many more believed because of his word.

They said to the woman,

“It is no longer because of what you said that we believe,

for we have heard for ourselves,

and we know that this is truly the Saviour of the world.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.