hen Jesus gave a sigh and
wept, saying: "Woe to you, Judea, for you glory, saying: "The Temple of the
Lord, the Temple of the Lord," and live as though there were no God; given over
wholly to the pleasures and gains of the world; for this woman in the day of judgment
shall condemn you to hell; for this woman seeks to know how to find grace and mercy before
God."
And turning to the woman he said: "O woman, you Samaritans worship that which you
know not, but we Hebrews worship that which we know. Truly, I say to you, that God is
spirit and truth, and so in spirit and in truth must he be worshipped. For the promise of
God was made in Jerusalem, in the Temple of Solomon, and not elsewhere. But believe me, a
time will come that God will give his mercy in another city, and in every place it will be
possible to worship him in truth. And God in
every place will have accepted true prayer with mercy.
The woman answered: "We look for the Messiah; when he comes he will teach
us." Jesus answered: "Know you, woman, that the Messiah must come?" *She
answered: "Yes, Lord." Then Jesus rejoiced, and said: "So far as I see, O
woman, you are faithful: know therefore that in the faith of the Messiah shall be saved
every one that is elect of God; therefore it is necessary that you know the coming of the
Messiah;." The woman said: "O Lord, perhaps you are the Messiah." Jesus
answered: "I am indeed sent to the House of Israel as a prophet of salvation; but
after me shall come the Messiah, sent of God to all the world; for whom God has made the
world.
And then through all the world will God be worshipped, and mercy received, insomuch
that the year of jubilee, which now cometh every hundred years, shall by the Messiah be
reduced to every year in every place." Then the woman left her waterpot and ran to
the city to announce all that she had heard from Jesus.