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 Jesus said  to  her:  “If  thou  didst  know  the  gift  of  God,  and who it  is  that  saith  to  thee,  ‘Give  me  to  drink,’  thou,  perhaps, wouldst have  asked  of  Him,  and  He  would  have  given  thee living water.”  The  woman  replied:  “Sir,  Thou  hast  nothing wherein to  draw,  and  the  well  is  deep;  whence  then  hast  Thou living water? Art Thou  greater  than  our  father  Jacob ,  who  gave us the  well?”

Jesus answered:  “Whosoever  drinketh  of  this  water,  shall thirst again;  but  he  that  shall  drink  of  the  water  that  I shall give him,  shall  not  thirst  for  ever. The water  that  I shall  give him, shall  become  in  him  a fountain  of  water,  springing  up  into everlasting life.”  Then  the  woman  spoke  again:  “Sir,  give  me this  water  that  I may  not  thirst,  nor  come  hither  to  draw.”

Thereupon Jesus  said:  “Go  and  call  thy  husband.”  She answered: “I  have  no  husband.”  Jesus  replied:  “Thou  hast  said well; for  thou  hast  had  five  husbands,  and  he  whom  thou  now hast, is  not  thy  husband.”  The  woman  exclaimed:  “Sir,  I perceive that Thou  art  a prophet.”