NOT ONLY WAS THIS LADY A SAMARITAN, but she was also an immoral women. JESUS knew that, yet He was not ashamed to be seen with her. He actually wanted to talk with her. That is why He traveled through Samaria... to take time to show real love to this one who was known for her affairs with men. He saw past the outward hardness... the loud jokes... and the sarcasam about religion. He saw her heart. He saw her longing for something to fill her emptiness. He saw her need to feel loved... cared for... and special.

SHE IN TURN RECEIVED HIS LOVE because He had helped her "see" God in a way she had never seen Him before. That is why JESUS came... to reveal God to us... and bring us to God.

THE SAMARITAN WOMAN THEREFORE SAID TO HIM, "HOW IS IT THAT YOU, BEING A JEW, ASK ME FOR A DRINK SINCE I AM A SAMARITAN WOMAN?"

JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HER, "IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD, AND WHO IT IS WHO SAYS 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, GIVE ME THIS WATER, SO I WILL NOT BE THIRSTY, NOR COME ALL THE WAY HERE TO DRAW."

HE SAID TO HER, "GO CALL YOUR HUSBAND, AND COME HERE."

THE WOMAN ANSWERED, "I HAVE NO HUSBAND."

JESUS SAID TO HER, "YOU HAVE WELL SAID, "I HAVE NO HUSBAND, FOR YOU HAVE HAD FIVE HUSBANDS..." AND FROM THAT CITY MANY OF THE SAMARITANS BELIEVED IN HIM BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF THE WOMAN WHO TESTIFIED, "HE TOLD ME ALL THINGS...." (John 4:9-10) (John 14:15-18, 39).