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b'Brian and Fr. Shay tackle the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman. What does this story tell us about the Kingdom of God and the mission of Jesus? How do we push past a trite reading of the passage? This week\\u2019s podcast raises questions of inclusion, pushing boundaries, and preaching hard truths.\\nJohn 4:5-42\\nHe came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob\\u2019s well was there. Jesus was tired from his journey, so he sat down at the well. It was about noon.\\nA Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, \\u201cGive me some water to drink.\\u201d His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some food.\\nThe Samaritan woman asked, \\u201cWhy do you, a Jewish man, ask for something to drink from me, a Samaritan woman?\\u201d (Jews and Samaritans didn\\u2019t associate with each other.)\\nJesus responded, \\u201cIf you recognized God\\u2019s gift and who is saying to you, \\u2018Give me some water to drink,\\u2019 you would be asking him and he would give you living water.\\u201d\\nThe woman said to him, \\u201cSir, you don\\u2019t have a bucket and the well is deep. Where would you get this living water? You aren\\u2019t greater than our father Jacob, are you? He gave this well to us, and he drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.\\u201d\\nJesus answered, \\u201cEveryone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks from the water that I will give will never be thirsty again. The water that I give will become in those who drink it a spring of water that bubbles up into eternal life.\\u201d\\nThe woman said to him, \\u201cSir, give me this water, so that I will never be thirsty and will never need to come here to draw water!\\u201d\\nJesus said to her, \\u201cGo, get your husband, and come back here.\\u201d\\nThe woman replied, \\u201cI don\\u2019t have a husband.\\u201d\\n\\u201cYou are right to say, \\u2018I don\\u2019t have a husband,\\u2019\\u201d Jesus answered. \\u201cYou\\u2019ve had five husbands, and the man you are with now isn\\u2019t your husband. You\\u2019ve spoken the truth.\\u201d\\nThe woman said, \\u201cSir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.\\u201d\\nJesus said to her, \\u201cBelieve me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You and your people worship what you don\\u2019t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews. But the time is coming\\u2014and is here!\\u2014when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way. God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth.\\u201d\\nThe woman said, \\u201cI know that the Messiah is coming, the one who is called the Christ. When he comes, he will teach everything to us.\\u201d\\nJesus said to her, \\u201cI Am\\u2014the one who speaks with you.\\u201d\\nJust then, Jesus\\u2019 disciples arrived and were shocked that he was talking with a woman. But no one asked, \\u201cWhat do you want?\\u201d or \\u201cWhy are you talking with her?\\u201d The woman put down her water jar and went into the city. She said to the people, \\u201cCome and see a man who has told me everything I\\u2019ve done! Could this man be the Christ?\\u201d They left the city and were on their way to see Jesus.\\nIn the meantime the disciples spoke to Jesus, saying, \\u201cRabbi, eat.\\u201d\\nJesus said to them, \\u201cI have food to eat that you don\\u2019t know about.\\u201d\\nThe disciples asked each other, \\u201cHas someone brought him food?\\u201d\\nJesus said to them, \\u201cI am fed by doing the will of the one who sent me and by completing his work. Don\\u2019t you have a saying, \\u2018Four more months and then it\\u2019s time for harvest\\u2019? Look, I tell you: open your eyes and notice that the fields are already ripe for the harvest. Those who harvest are receiving their pay and gathering fruit for eternal life so that those who sow and those who harvest can celebrate together. This is a true saying, that one sows and another harvests. I have sent you to harvest what you didn\\u2019t work hard for; others worked hard, and you will share in their hard work.\\u201d\\nMany Samaritans in that city believed in Jesus because'