The streams provide water for all the wild animals.

Even the wild donkeys come there to drink.

Wild birds come to live by the pools;

They sing in the branches of nearby trees.

You send rain down on the mountains.

The earth gets everything it needs from what you have made.

You make the grass grow to feed the animals.

You provide plants for the crops we grow—the plants that give us food from the earth.

"All you people who are thirsty, come! Here is water for you to drink. Don't worry if you have no money. Come, eat and drink until you are full! You don't need money. The milk and wine are free. Why waste your money on something that is not real food? Why should you work for something that does not really satisfy you? Listen closely to me and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the food that satisfies your soul. Listen closely to what I say. Listen to me so that you will live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever.

It will be an agreement you can trust, like the one I made with David— a promise to love him and be loyal to him forever. I made David a witness of my power for all nations. I promised him that he would become a ruler and commander of many nations." There are nations in places you don't know, but you will call for them to come. They don't know you, but they will run to you. This will happen because the LORD, your God, wants it. It will happen because the Holy One of Israel honors you. So you should look for the LORD before it is too late. You should call to him now, while he is near.

"So I tell you, don't worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat, drink, or wear. Life is more important than food, and the body is more important than what you put on it. Look at the birds. They don't plant, harvest, or save food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Don't you know you are worth much more than they are? You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it. "And why do you worry about clothes? Look at the wildflowers in the field. See how they grow. They don't work or make clothes for themselves.

But I tell you that even Solomon, the great and rich king, was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? It's just grass—one day it's alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small! "Don't worry and say, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' That's what those people who don't know God are always thinking about. Don't worry, because your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.

So he left Judea and went back to Galilee. On the way to Galilee, he had to go through the country of Samaria. In Samaria Jesus came to the town called Sychar, which is near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

This happened while his followers were in town buying some food. The woman answered, "I am surprised that you ask me for a drink! You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman!" (Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.) Jesus answered, "You don't know what God can give you. And you don't know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water."

Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life." The woman said to Jesus, "Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won't have to come back here to get more water."

Jesus went back to Galilee.

Jesus went through the country of Samaria.

Jesus came to the town called Sychar.

The field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Jacob's well was there.

He sat down beside the well.

It was about noon.

A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water.

Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Jesus’ followers were in town buying some food.

Jesus was a Jew and she was a Samaritan woman!" (Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.)

"You don't know what God can give you. And you don't know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink.

Jesus said, “If you knew I am, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water."

"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.“

Anyone who drinks the water Jesus gives will never be thirsty again.

The water Jesus gives people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life."

The woman said to Jesus, "Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won't have to come back here to get more water."